on good terms
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3.3
- idiom
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- Undoubtedly, staying on good terms with China and Japan simultaneously can bring Taiwan handsome economic and security dividends.
- remain on good terms
- stay on good terms
And, and I'm on good terms with my ex.
- And, and I'm on good terms with my ex.
- But we did end on good terms and we still kept in contact for a while before going no contact.
- Obanian was Irish, but Merlo was on good terms with him, so he leaned on Torrio and the Jenas to keep the peace.
- You are at this moment in time, I'm on good, good terms, I and I, there's a whole load of reasons why I retired.
Examples
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Try to stay on good terms with him.
Fiction book (1991) -
Staying on good terms with your neighbors and other locals is very important here.
Blog text (8) -
But we did end on good terms and we still kept in contact for a while before going no contact.
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I just want to end on good terms.
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Why waste your life hating when you could just be happy and on good terms with all people?
Blog text (11) -
A month later, I was already on good terms with Paula and her friend Maria.
Fiction book (2001) -
All I'd hoped for is that we remain on good terms and that that we look back on whatever we've had fondly.
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KATE: Well, I think it's a real testament to the strength of the family that we can disagree so vehemently, and get on each other's nerves so badly over the past week, and still part on good terms.
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Michigan's Copper Country is a close-knit part of the United States, and because I was on good terms with community members, they considered it friendly of me to invite participants over to my apartment for focus-group meetings.
Academic text (2011) -
After the meeting, we were pleased to hear that both parties were on good terms again.
Synonyms
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase combines 'on' (indicating a state), 'good' (positive quality) and 'terms' (relations/arrangements), so the meaning 'in a friendly or harmonious relationship' is directly inferable from the constituents. This composition follows a common English pattern (and has clear parallels in many other languages), so a B1 learner who knows the parts should understand it.
Etymology
On good terms may come from the idea of having good terms, meaning fair rules or an agreement between people. So, when two people agree and follow those rules they 'get along', and on good terms means 'friendly' or 'having a good relationship'.