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have a good thing going
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Idioms and Phrases
Have matters arranged to one's benefit or profit. For example, Joe's got a good thing going with this new franchise . It also may be put as make a good thing of , meaning “make something work to one's benefit,” as in If we work hard we can make a good thing of this job . The first term dates from the second half of the 1900s, the second from the early 1800s. Also see have going for one .Advertisement
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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