good on someone
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.49 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
intj
An exclamation of encouragement or congratulation: well done.
Australian usage; New Zealand usage; British usage
Example Sentences
- "You got married? Good on you!"
- "And he had a big smile like he really liked us and our wall. Black old teeth. Fat stomach. Well good on you. Good on all of you and your wall. Hee, hee, hee, hee."
- "I have never forgotten his smile and the look in his eyes as he said, ‘Good on you, little brother.[…]’"
- "2009 October 27, House of Lords European Union Committee, Directive on Alternative Investment Fund Managers: 3rd Report of Session 2009-10, Volume II: Evidence, page 88, Lord Renton of Mount Harry: […] I do not wish to be rude in saying this, but it is very easy for you as BlackRock because you are already a global, very big company and you are obviously hugely successful — good on you — but what about the alternative investment fund manager in one of the EU countries who wants to grow, wants to become more established in other countries, et cetera, surely for them there has to be some other international means, not just standing on national status and national passports."
- "You brought coffee? Good on you mate!"
Usage
- Australian usage
- New Zealand usage
- British usage