show someone a good time

Entertain someone, as in I know Aunt Dorothy will show us a good time when we visit San Francisco. This idiom uses the verb show in the sense of “accord or grant something,” a usage dating from about 1200.

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Words nearby show someone a good time

show one's heels, show one's teeth, show one's true colors, show pony, show signs of, show someone a good time, show someone out, show someone the door, show someone the ropes, show stopper, show the way
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