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white hat

idiom
Meaning

A good person; a hero.


Examples
SIMPLE

In every story, the white hat always saves the day.

CONTEXTUAL

The detective is a true white hat who works hard to protect the city from dangerous criminals.

COMPLEX

Despite the moral ambiguity of the conflict, he remained a steadfast white hat, consistently choosing to act with integrity even when it cost him his reputation.

Anchors to
Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    all hat and no cattle

    Full of big talk but lacking action, power, or substance; pretentious.

  2. 02

    all hat and no cowboy

    Full of big talk but lacking action, power, or substance; pretentious.

  3. 03

    black hat

    A villain in a story, especially in a Western (a film or other work of the Western genre).

  4. 04

    brick in one's hat

    Drunkenness.

  5. 05

    does the Pope wear a funny hat

    Obviously! Rhetorical question in response to a question where the answer is an emphatic yes.

  6. 06

    eat one's hat

    Used in a result clause to express disbelief in a proposition expressed in a conditional clause.

  7. 07

    gray hat

    A morally ambiguous character; an antihero.

  8. 08

    hand someone his hat

    To require someone to depart; to dismiss someone.

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