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three cheers

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1. three cheers - Interjection

2. three cheers - Phrase

Meaning

three cheers

An exclamation of congratulations, usually followed by "hip hip hooray".
Synonym: (archaic) three times three
"Three cheers for Jack! Hip hip!" "Hooray!" "Hip hip!" "Hooray!" "Hip hip!" "Hooray!"

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Three cheers for the war. Three cheers for Italy's war and three cheers for war in general. Peace is hence absurd or rather a pause in war. Benito Mussolini

Three cheers for literacy... I feel sick. Lois McMaster Bujold

Hey, am I dreaming?...Or have I really blasted off from behind the hair line? The second question, though not spoken, was quickly suppressed. He felt too good to let it worry him. If this was insanity, then three cheers for paranoia! Fritz Leiber

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