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English
Pronunciation
Interjection
good job
- (idiomatic) Well done; congratulations!
If you hadn't hit that last ball, we would have lost. Good job!
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a phrase used to praise for a good job or efforts
Noun
good job (plural good jobs)
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see good, job.
1944 March and April, Chas. S. Lake, “Some C.M.Es. I Have Known: VIII—Sir H. N. Gresley”, in Railway Magazine, page 75:He seemed to share my disappointment, but was kind enough to say, "You made a good job of it and it deserved a better fate," [...].
- (idiomatic, British) a good thing.
It's a good job that he was there to catch the vase when I dropped it.
Good job Sarah isn't scared of spiders: I don't think I could cope without someone to remove them.
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