Definition of Have a good time

1. Verb. Enjoy oneself greatly. "We had a ball at the party and didn't come home until 2 AM"

Exact synonyms: Have A Ball
Generic synonyms: Delight, Enjoy, Revel

Definition of Have a good time

1. Verb. (idiomatic) To enjoy oneself. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Have A Good Time

have a bone to pick
have a break
have a bun in the oven
have a clue
have a couple
have a cow
have a crack at
have a crow to pull
have a dog in this fight
have a few
have a fit
have a frog in one's throat
have a go
have a go at it
have a good one
have a good time (current term)
have a handle on
have a head for
have a heart
have a laugh
have a look
have a look-see
have a mind like a sieve
have a mind of one's own
have a mountain to climb
have a nice day
have a pair
have a pop at
have a quiet word
have a screw loose

Literary usage of Have a good time

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Jonathan and His Continent: Rambles Through American Society by Max O'Rell, Jack Allyn (1889)
"The Ladies " Go it" Alone, and have a " Good Time." ra country where woman is a spoilt child, petted, and made so much of, who can do and dare almost ..."

2. Individual Training in Our Colleges by Clarence Frank Birdseye (1907)
"have a good time in college; a jolly, happy time, but not a Have a good, low one. Almost all the elements of a happy life center in these ..."

3. Army Life of an Illinois Soldier: Including a Day by Day Record of Sherman's by Charles Wright Wills (1906)
"They will have a good time of it. Cairo, May 5, 1861, Sunday, n am The bells are just ringing for church. I intended going, but it is such hard work getting ..."

4. Arctic Experiences: Containing Capt. George E. Tyson's Wonderful Drift on by Euphemia Vale Blake (1874)
"All have a good Time.—Don the Officers' Uniforms.—Returns to his Ship.—Ships as Second Mate in the George Henry.—As First Officer. ..."

5. Historical Sketches and Reminiscences of Madison County, Indiana: A Detailed by John La Rue Forkner, Byron H. Dyson (1897)
"Levi has never cared to obtain riches, but rather to have a good time. He drowns all his sorrows, if he ever has any, in the flowing bowl. ..."

6. Swinton's First [-sixth] Reader by William Swinton (1883)
"Did you have a good time ? " " Come and see us : we'll have such a good time! " " What shall we do for a good time to-day ? " or, " 0, what a good time we ..."

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