for real and for true: meaning & examples

Meanings:

• 2.

  American EnglishBritish EnglishinformalcolloquialemphaticfigurativeMachine
  • Used emphatically to insist on the sincerity, seriousness, or truth of a statement.

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  • For real and for true, I didn’t take your book—I swear!

    I emphatically insist that I did not take your book.

  • He said, 'This time it’s for real and for true, I’m quitting smoking.'

    He seriously means that he will stop smoking now.

  • Are you for real and for true going to run the marathon next month?

    Do you genuinely intend to run the marathon?

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  American EnglishBritish EnglishinformalcolloquialliteralMachine
  • Genuinely; in fact and truth; really.

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  • I’m telling you, this time it’s for real and for true—we actually won the lottery!

    I genuinely mean that we really won the lottery.

  • They have been dating for real and for true since last summer.

    They have genuinely been in a relationship since last summer.

  • If it’s for real and for true, then congratulations on your promotion!

    If it is genuinely true, congratulations!

  • The painting is for real and for true an original Picasso, not a copy.

    The painting is genuinely an original Picasso.