in good, bad, etc. repair

in good/poor/etc. repair

In a certain state or condition, as specified by the adjective used before "repair." Primarily heard in UK. It's a beautiful house, but the heating system is in very poor repair. The manuscript is in remarkably good repair, considering its age. Hey man, your car sounds like it's in pretty poor repair right now.

See also: good, poor, repair

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in good, bad, etc. reˈpair

(also in a good, bad, etc. state of reˈpair) (formal) in good, bad, etc. condition: The house is in a terrible state of repair. ♢ If it were in a better state of repair, this old table would be worth a lot of money.

See also: repair

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