like a champ

English

Prepositional phrase

like a champ

1. (idiomatic, informal) Very well; with great success or skill.

   Wow, you took that punch like a champ.

   • 2012 September 5, Elspeth Reeve, “DNC Recap: Bill Clinton’s Night”, in The Atlantic‎^[1], Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-01-07:

     Here's Barbara Mikulski, who enters like a champ with great big hair.

   • 2015 June 10, Farley Katz, “Music Festivals in Your Thirties”, in The New Yorker‎^[2], New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2017-08-14:

     As I'm walking through the festival entrance, a man casually vomits before continuing on, unfazed. ¶ Twenty-year-old me thinks, "Dope. That guy knows how to get faded like a champ!" ¶ Thirty-year-old me thinks, "I'm concerned for the boy's health and the general sanitation of this festival. Where are the comment cards located?!"

   • 2019 April 26, Ronda Kaysen, “I’m Done Mowing My Lawn”, in The New York Times‎^[3], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-06-09:

     My sunny front lawn, however, grows like a champ. It grows so well that a passer-by, concerned about my boisterous crop of dandelions, once suggested I use her landscaping crew to corral my wild patch. "They can really get those dandelions under control," she said.

References

• “like a champ”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.