good time
noun
: the right moment to do something or for something to happen
Is this a good time for me to come over?
This is as good a time as any.
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Toward the latter half of the film, Tracey’s friends gather to celebrate her birthday, but instead of dancing around and having a good time, cutting cake and popping balloons, this group of middle-aged women who’ve been rode hard and put away wet offer their trauma to the flames of a campfire.
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Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 24 Jan. 2025
Rebecca and Steve are two people who love to have a good time as actors together, as well as human beings sitting in their chairs.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 21 Jan. 2025
Crucially, Foster understood that a good time for a radical revision (if not the most prudent time, economically) might be long after everyone had settled on a scheme.
—Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
With those apple-contour cheekbones, those always in-on-the-joke electric blue eyes, Diaz is like a ’30s comic-strip heroine come to life, always up for a good time.
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 17 Jan. 2025
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Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 24 Jan. 2025
Rebecca and Steve are two people who love to have a good time as actors together, as well as human beings sitting in their chairs.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 21 Jan. 2025
Crucially, Foster understood that a good time for a radical revision (if not the most prudent time, economically) might be long after everyone had settled on a scheme.
—Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
With those apple-contour cheekbones, those always in-on-the-joke electric blue eyes, Diaz is like a ’30s comic-strip heroine come to life, always up for a good time.
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Good time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/good%20time. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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