three cheers for

Idioms  

1. Good for, hurrah for, congratulations to, as in Three cheers for our mayor! Hip, hip, hooray! Why one should shout one's encouragement or approbation three times rather than two or four is unclear. A shouted cheer presumably originated as a nautical practice, if we are to believe Daniel Defoe in Captain Singleton (1720): “We gave them a cheer, as the seamen call it.” Three cheers was first recorded in 1751. The term is also used sarcastically, when one is not really offering congratulations, as in So you finally passed; well, three cheers for you.

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three cheers for

Along the way, he tossed his hat in the air and gave three cheers for Davis.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2024

The George Square ceremony, which is due to begin at 09:45, will include a guard of honour inspection, speeches and then three cheers for the the King and Queen, followed by the national anthem.

From BBC ● May 5, 2023

Zeibert reported “the place went mad” when team owner Edward Bennett Williams jumped on a chair and led three cheers for the NFC champions.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 30, 2022

But the oaf from Park Slope really deserves three cheers for using his lame-duck months to blaze an appropriately aggressive trail on this issue.

From Slate ● Oct. 4, 2021

But he steeled his nerves and said, “Yes. Um ... three cheers for Tyson!”

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan