have a good time

Idioms  

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.

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have a good time

“I think the AG’s going to have a good time with this one.”

From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026

"Connect to your audience, tell the story, have a good time and look confident."

From BBC ● May 29, 2026

Her goal: to run around a 10-minute-mile pace, complete the ski in under six minutes, haul the weights in under two minutes—and have a good time doing all of it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026

In between, everyone seemed to have a good time.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 2026

They sat around the living room and talked, telling stories about the old days on Ada’s farm, laughing and joking and trying to have a good time, and suddenly John’s name would come up.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

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