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good guy

[ good gahy ]

noun

Informal.
  1. a moral or noble person; a hero or someone perceived as one:

    The film's twist is that the monster turns out to be the good guy.

  2. any person who is regarded as habitually prone to doing good things or as being morally correct:

    There are times in this job where we don't feel like the good guys.



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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of good guy1

An Americanism first recorded in 1920–25
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The role extends Bacon’s extensive gallery of playing good guys that aren’t really all that good.

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When I say that even the actions taken by companies staying the course aren’t enough, it may sound like attacking the good guys.

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"So, 20 years later - John, who's the ultimate good guy and always does the right thing - becomes a bad guy."

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Ali, a massive underdog, had cast himself as the charismatic good guy and Foreman the brutish villain.

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Last month, Vance, a self-described foreign policy “realist†who scorns the practice of describing countries as “good guys†and “bad guys,†caused quite a stir at the Munich Security Conference in Germany.

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