good for you

adjective

promoting health; healthful (Freq. 1)

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a healthy diet

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clean healthy air

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plenty of healthy sleep

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healthy and normal outlets for youthful energy

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"the salubrious mountain air and water"- C.B.Davis

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carrots are good for you

• Syn: ↑healthy, ↑salubrious

• Similar to: ↑wholesome

• Derivationally related forms: ↑salubriousness (for: ↑salubrious), ↑salubrity (for: ↑salubrious)

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good for you

An interjection expressing approval (Aust informal good on you)

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Main Entry: ↑good

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ˌgood for ˈyou, ˈsb, ˈthem, etc. idiom

(especially AustralE good ˈon you, etc.) (informal) used to praise sb for doing sth well

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‘I passed first time.’ ‘Good for you!’

Main entry: ↑good_idiom