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came from a good place

came from a good place is the simple past of come from a good place.

Meaning of come from a good place

Verb

come from a good place (third-person singular simple present comes from a good place, present participle coming from a good place, simple past came from a good place, past participle come from a good place)

  1. (idiomatic) To be motivated by decency, kindness, or good intentions.
    • “In the 1990s, there was actually tremendous pressure to put women on hormone therapy, and it came from a good place,” Dr. Bates says.2009 December 12, Natasha Singer, Duff Wilson, “Menopause, as Brought to You by Big Pharma”, in New York Times, retrieved 01 Mar 2014

Questions about came from a good place

What is came from a good place the simple past of?
Came from a good place is the simple past of come from a good place.

Words near came from a good place in the dictionary

  1. came for
  2. came forth
  3. came forward
  4. came from
  5. came from a Cracker Jack box
  6. came from a good place
  7. came from behind
  8. came from below
  9. came full circle
  10. came good
  11. came high

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