very good

phrase

formal
—used as a response to say one will do something that one has been told or asked to do
"Show the ambassador in." " Very good, sir."

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The next three games have been very good wins for them, beating Auburn, Arkansas and, last week, taking down Alabama. — Outkick, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026 Well, there were very good actors involved who took their craft very seriously. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2026 Ukraine has gotten very good at drone warfare, employing these little robots both in offensive and defensive capacities. — Mike Wall, Space.com, 22 Oct. 2026 Contrary to how journalists covered it, the first wave of punk bands are very, very good musicians who played folk songs or in pub rock bands five nights a week over and over and over again. — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 21 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for very good

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“Very good.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/very%20good. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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