have a good time

1. Enjoy oneself, as in I hope you have a good time at the beach. This idiom, also used as an imperative, dates from 16th-century England, where it was popular until the late 1600s and died out. Samuel Pepys, in a diary entry of March 1, 1666, wrote, “I went and had as good a time as heart could wish.” In America it continued to be used, and in the 1800s it reappeared in British speech as well. Also see hard time; show one a good time.

Example Sentences

Every kind of possible Chicagoan was there on the night I visited, all having a good time.

From Los Angeles Times

After threatening to unleash Kennedy on American health care, he said, “Go have a good time, Bobby.”

From Salon

He seemed like he was having a good time being America’s Top Creep, so why mess with that branding?

From Salon

“Splitsville” lands at a moment when every comedy released to theaters feels like a battle cry, an attempt to defend audiences’ rights to have a good time at the movies.

From Los Angeles Times

Putting all intellectualizing aside for a moment, the main reason “Peacemaker” succeeds is because it remembers to have a good time while delivering a satisfying wallop to people that we can universally agree are terrible.

From Salon

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