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a good sport
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someone who accepts losing, teasing or bad luck without getting angry
Often 'be a good sport (about something)'. The opposite is 'a bad loser' or 'a sore loser'.
In context
He lost the match 6-0 but stayed a good sport and shook everyone's hand.
She was a good sport about the joke, even though everyone at the table laughed at her.
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