show (one) a good time
1. To entertain or amuse one. We have some very important clients flying into town on Monday, and I want you to show them a good time while they're here. This is John's bachelor party—we have to show him a good time!
2. euphemism To pleasure one sexually. We could always go down to the red light district. The girls down there know how to show you a good time.
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show someone a good time
Entertain someone, as in I know Aunt Dorothy will show us a good time when we visit San Francisco. This idiom uses the verb show in the sense of "accord or grant something," a usage dating from about 1200.
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