"come from a good place" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "comes from a good place",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "coming from a good place",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "came from a good place",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "come from a good place",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "come<,,came,come> from a good place"
      },
      "expansion": "come from a good place (third-person singular simple present comes from a good place, present participle coming from a good place, simple past came from a good place, past participle come from a good place)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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          "source": "w"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2009 December 12, Natasha Singer, Duff Wilson, “Menopause, as Brought to You by Big Pharma”, in New York Times, retrieved 2014-03-01",
          "text": "“In the 1990s, there was actually tremendous pressure to put women on hormone therapy, and it came from a good place,” Dr. Bates says.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011 July 23, Barbara Ellen, “Lucian Freud treasured the pleasures of the flesh”, in The Guardian/Observer, UK, retrieved 2014-03-01",
          "text": "Ironically, this hesitation to condemn comes from a good place – the part of the British psyche that rightly prides itself on respecting other cultures.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013 August 1, Claire Suddath, “Office Etiquette: The Farewell E-Mail”, in Businessweek, retrieved 2014-03-01",
          "text": "That gushing, glowing, 2,500-word goodbye e-mail does come from a good place. That doesn't make it a good idea.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014 February 16, Nick Duerden, “Laura Mvula: ‘I don't think I'm good at being a pop star’”, in The Independent, UK, retrieved 2014-03-01",
          "text": "[M]y anxiety was my body's way of trying to protect me, to look after me. So the impulse was coming from a good place.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be motivated by decency, kindness, or good intentions."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "motivate",
          "motivate"
        ],
        [
          "decency",
          "decency"
        ],
        [
          "kindness",
          "kindness"
        ],
        [
          "intention",
          "intention"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To be motivated by decency, kindness, or good intentions."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "come from the right place"
        },
        {
          "word": "have one's heart in the right place"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "come from a good place"
}

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    {
      "form": "comes from a good place",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "coming from a good place",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "came from a good place",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "come from a good place",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "come<,,came,come> from a good place"
      },
      "expansion": "come from a good place (third-person singular simple present comes from a good place, present participle coming from a good place, simple past came from a good place, past participle come from a good place)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2009 December 12, Natasha Singer, Duff Wilson, “Menopause, as Brought to You by Big Pharma”, in New York Times, retrieved 2014-03-01",
          "text": "“In the 1990s, there was actually tremendous pressure to put women on hormone therapy, and it came from a good place,” Dr. Bates says.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011 July 23, Barbara Ellen, “Lucian Freud treasured the pleasures of the flesh”, in The Guardian/Observer, UK, retrieved 2014-03-01",
          "text": "Ironically, this hesitation to condemn comes from a good place – the part of the British psyche that rightly prides itself on respecting other cultures.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013 August 1, Claire Suddath, “Office Etiquette: The Farewell E-Mail”, in Businessweek, retrieved 2014-03-01",
          "text": "That gushing, glowing, 2,500-word goodbye e-mail does come from a good place. That doesn't make it a good idea.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014 February 16, Nick Duerden, “Laura Mvula: ‘I don't think I'm good at being a pop star’”, in The Independent, UK, retrieved 2014-03-01",
          "text": "[M]y anxiety was my body's way of trying to protect me, to look after me. So the impulse was coming from a good place.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be motivated by decency, kindness, or good intentions."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "motivate",
          "motivate"
        ],
        [
          "decency",
          "decency"
        ],
        [
          "kindness",
          "kindness"
        ],
        [
          "intention",
          "intention"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To be motivated by decency, kindness, or good intentions."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "come from the right place"
    },
    {
      "word": "have one's heart in the right place"
    }
  ],
  "word": "come from a good place"
}