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all to the good

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all to the good

Beneficial or positive (especially when the situation had seemed bad or problematic). I had to go home and change after spilling coffee on myself, but it was all to the good because I avoided a major traffic jam.

See also: all, good

all to the good

for the best; to one's benefit. He missed the train, but it was all to the good because the train had a wreck. It was all to the good that he died without suffering.

See also: all, good