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get a guernsey (Aust)

1. To be selected for a team

2. To win approval

Main Entry: ↑guernsey

get a guernsey/be given a guernsey/australian phrase

to be praised for something that you have done

Thesaurus: praise and admiration_synonym

Main entry: guernsey

get a ˈguernsey idiom

(AustralE, informal) to be recognized as being good (originally meaning to be chosen for a football team)

Main entry: ↑Guernsey_idiom