good riddance

idiom

—used to say that one is glad that someone is leaving or that something has gone

Winter is finally over, and I say good riddance!

Examples of good riddance in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Washington’s tear-jerking post-mortem apologies are likely to fall on deaf audience ears, Othello’s suicide a decidedly un-noble good riddance. —Greg Evans, Deadline, 23 Mar. 2025

Hello, touch screen, good riddance, touch pad: The 2025 MDX’s 12.3-inch touch screen is noticeably closer to the driver than the previous model’s screen. —Mark Phelan, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2025

But a secular critique might say, well, good riddance to religion, to obscurantism, to supernaturalism. —Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2025

If your family chaos scares them off early, good riddance. —Emma Specter, Vogue, 7 Feb. 2025

Sign up for Axios Communicators Scott Rosenberg Jan 8, 2025 - Business Zuckerberg and Meta say good riddance to fact-checking Distinguishing truth from falsehood is frustrating, endless, thankless work — and now Mark Zuckerberg is walking away from it. —Ina Fried, Axios, 9 Jan. 2025

Let this be good riddance to talk of scrapping them. —The Editors, National Review, 22 Nov. 2024

After all, Holland tweeted an image that’s the equivalent of saying Fangio can kick rocks, or good riddance, after it was announced Fangio, by mutual agreement, wouldn’t return to the Dolphins. —Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 22 May 2024

Meanwhile, a Sam’s Club executive said good riddance to Walmart’s relocation mandate. —Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 25 Oct. 2024