good sport
noun
1
: a person who is not rude or angry about losing
2
informal + old-fashioned
: someone who is kind or generous
Be a good sport and let him play with you.
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Celebrity impersonations are just part of the gig at Saturday Night Live — but not every star is a good sport about them.
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Julia Moore, People.com, 13 Feb. 2025
Johansson seemed to be a good sport, but also a sport who couldn’t help herself from letting a few profanities slip.
—Tony Maglio, IndieWire, 10 Feb. 2025
If nothing else, Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback and Baker Mayfield is a good sport — and a man who will pay, or wear, his debts.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
The roast is a chance for a big shot like Brady to show himself to be a good sport—and, in enduring the burn wounds of a public round of insults, to grow a personality.
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 25 Jan. 2025
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Julia Moore, People.com, 13 Feb. 2025
Johansson seemed to be a good sport, but also a sport who couldn’t help herself from letting a few profanities slip.
—Tony Maglio, IndieWire, 10 Feb. 2025
If nothing else, Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback and Baker Mayfield is a good sport — and a man who will pay, or wear, his debts.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
The roast is a chance for a big shot like Brady to show himself to be a good sport—and, in enduring the burn wounds of a public round of insults, to grow a personality.
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 25 Jan. 2025
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“Good sport.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/good%20sport. Accessed 18 Mar. 2025.
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