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good enough for government work

good enough for government work adjective: synonym of close enough for government work.

Adjective

good enough for government work (not comparable)

  1. (idiomatic) Synonym of close enough for government work.

Synonyms of good enough for government work

Questions about good enough for government work

What does good enough for government work mean?
Good enough for government work means synonym of close enough for government work.
What part of speech is good enough for government work?
Good enough for government work is an adjective.

Words near good enough for government work in the dictionary

  1. good egg
  2. good eggs
  3. good ending
  4. good endings
  5. good enough
  6. good enough for government work
  7. good enough for jazz
  8. good enough to eat
  9. good eve
  10. good evening
  11. good faith

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