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regular guy

Idioms

Also, regular fellow. A nice or agreeable person, as in Luke's a regular guy, or Hilda's a regular fellow. [Colloquial; first half of 1800s]

Example Sentences

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Once upon a time, a U.S. president asked his aides for one thing before his trip to Beijing: a chance to be seen as a regular guy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

It gets real again, quickly, when a regular guy comes shuffling down Temescal Canyon Road in a Dodgers hat, N95 mask and dusty surgical scrubs.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2025

I'm just a regular guy casting my vote like everybody else.

From BBC • Oct. 16, 2024

Burr’s regular guy contempt for Maher’s languid insistence that he knows more than everyone else makes other segments watchable.

From Salon • May 16, 2024

Somehow Percy Jackson seemed like a regular guy now, not a mythical figure.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

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