Meaning of come from a good place | Babel Free

Definitions

To be motivated by decency, kindness, or good intentions.

idiomatic

Examples

““In the 1990s, there was actually tremendous pressure to put women on hormone therapy, and it came from a good place,” Dr. Bates says.”

“Ironically, this hesitation to condemn comes from a good place – the part of the British psyche that rightly prides itself on respecting other cultures.”

“That gushing, glowing, 2,500-word goodbye e-mail does come from a good place. That doesn't make it a good idea.”

“[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.”

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