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that's the ticket

that's the ticket phrase: that's just right; that's just what is needed.

Phrase

that's the ticket

  1. (colloquial, idiomatic) That's just right; that's just what is needed.
    • I'll admit, I like how you kick it / Now you're talkin' baby, that's the ticket1992, “I Got a Man”, in The Skills Dat Pay Da Bills, performed by Positive K

Origin of that's the ticket

Ellipsis of that's the ticket for soup, from the 1820s.

Questions about that's the ticket

What does that's the ticket mean?
That's the ticket means that's just right; that's just what is needed.
What part of speech is that's the ticket?
That's the ticket is a phrase.

Words near that's the ticket in the dictionary

  1. that's that on that
  2. that's the bunny
  3. that's the spirit
  4. that's the stuff
  5. that's the thing
  6. that's the ticket
  7. that's the ticket for soup
  8. that's the tip
  9. that's the way it goes
  10. that's the way life is
  11. that's the way the ball bounces

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