"good for someone" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: better for someone [comparative], best for someone [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj|better for someone|sup=best for someone}} good for someone (comparative better for someone, superlative best for someone)
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see good, for.
    Sense id: en-good_for_someone-en-adj-6oCB2OQ3

Interjection [English]

Head templates: {{en-interj}} good for someone
  1. An exclamation of encouragement or congratulation to a person. Synonyms: well done, get you, well done Translations (an exclamation of encouragement or congratulation): hyvä juttu (Finnish), hyvä homma (Finnish), gratulálok! (Hungarian), ez igen! (Hungarian), ügyes! (Hungarian), szép volt (Hungarian), buon per te (Italian), brawo ty (Polish), молоде́ц (molodéc) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-good_for_someone-en-intj-rEJvuC08 Disambiguation of 'an exclamation of encouragement or congratulation': 90 10
  2. Sarcastically belittling a person for an unimportant achievement. Synonyms: I don't care
    Sense id: en-good_for_someone-en-intj-wiwyKpM~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 41 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: good on someone

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