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
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There's absolutely no sense of good riddance or anything like that.
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Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 23 Jan. 2024
Wagner, many say, has been a difficult partner that many officials would like to bid good riddance.
—Elian Peltier Jim Huylebroek, New York Times, 26 Nov. 2023
If those brains are the ones being drained, the parents of Florida should say good riddance.
—Daniel Buck, National Review, 21 Oct. 2023
Still, not everyone is saying good riddance to gold.
—Krystal Hur, CNN, 6 Oct. 2023
Some say good-bye and good riddance—let a thousand flowers bloom.
—Jed Perl, The New York Review of Books, 12 Oct. 2023
For others, menopause parties are an opportunity to bid good riddance to painful or difficult periods.
—Margie Zable Fisher, Fortune Well, 10 Sep. 2023
Goodbye, good riddance and … good to see you again?
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2023
And merely dismissing Charney as an aberrant offender — the one bad apple, good riddance — is a too-tidy conclusion for why these messy, glittering worlds continue to captivate us.
—Dana Schwartz, Washington Post, 24 July 2023
Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 23 Jan. 2024
Wagner, many say, has been a difficult partner that many officials would like to bid good riddance.
—Elian Peltier Jim Huylebroek, New York Times, 26 Nov. 2023
If those brains are the ones being drained, the parents of Florida should say good riddance.
—Daniel Buck, National Review, 21 Oct. 2023
Still, not everyone is saying good riddance to gold.
—Krystal Hur, CNN, 6 Oct. 2023
Some say good-bye and good riddance—let a thousand flowers bloom.
—Jed Perl, The New York Review of Books, 12 Oct. 2023
For others, menopause parties are an opportunity to bid good riddance to painful or difficult periods.
—Margie Zable Fisher, Fortune Well, 10 Sep. 2023
Goodbye, good riddance and … good to see you again?
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2023
And merely dismissing Charney as an aberrant offender — the one bad apple, good riddance — is a too-tidy conclusion for why these messy, glittering worlds continue to captivate us.
—Dana Schwartz, Washington Post, 24 July 2023
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