Usually means: Essential qualities for specific success.
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  1. the right stuff: Merriam-Webster
  2. right stuff, the right stuff: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. right stuff: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. right stuff: Wiktionary
  5. right stuff: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. right stuff, the right stuff: Dictionary.com
  7. Right Stuff, The Right Stuff (Bryan Ferry song), The Right Stuff (House), The Right Stuff (TV series), The Right Stuff (Vanessa Williams song), The Right Stuff (album), The Right Stuff (blog), The Right Stuff (book), The Right Stuff (dating web site), The Right Stuff (film), The Right Stuff (song), The Right Stuff: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. right stuff: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. right stuff: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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Definitions from Wiktionary (right stuff)

▸ noun:  (informal) Ideal and essential qualities in character that are critical for success.

Similar:
straight goods, perfect pitch, thew, sweet spot, ideal-seeking behavior, trueheartedness, real deal, what the doctor ordered, worth, desideratum, more...

Opposite:
wrong stuff, incorrect, inaccurate, erroneous, mistaken

Phrases:
The Right Stuff, more...

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Similar:
straight goods, perfect pitch, thew, sweet spot, ideal-seeking behavior, trueheartedness, real deal, what the doctor ordered, worth, desideratum, more...

Opposite:
wrong stuff, incorrect, inaccurate, erroneous, mistaken

Phrases:
The Right Stuff, more...



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