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just what the doctor ordered
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Exactly what was needed. For example, This steak is just what the doctor ordered , or You've been a great help in our office—just what the doctor ordered . This expression alludes to a physician's prescription for a cure. [First half of 1900s]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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