Meaning & use
class act
A person or thing that behaves or performs with impressive style, dignity, and skill.
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Even after losing the final, she thanked every opponent by name, a real class act.
The retiring coach was a class act, praising his rivals as warmly as his own players.
A note on using this word
'Class act' is an informal compliment used for people and sometimes organizations; it's almost always positive and rarely used ironically.
Words with a similar meaning
a class apartthe real deal
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