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just the ticket

just the ticket noun: a most appropriate or suitable action or object in a given situation.

Noun

just the ticket (uncountable)

  1. (UK) A most appropriate or suitable action or object in a given situation.
    • Mark Corrigan: Yeah, so my new idea is urine. Loads and loads of urine. Flooding your drawers. What do you think about that? Don't you think that would be just the ticket?2003, “Dream Job”, episode 5 of series 1 of Peep Show

Questions about just the ticket

What does just the ticket mean?
Just the ticket means a most appropriate or suitable action or object in a given situation.
What part of speech is just the ticket?
Just the ticket is a noun.

Words near just the ticket in the dictionary

  1. just sayin'
  2. just saying
  3. just shoot me
  4. just so
  5. just the same
  6. just the ticket
  7. just then
  8. just what the doctor ordered
  9. just wondering
  10. just yet
  11. just you wait

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