Usually means: Exactly what was needed most.
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General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. just what the doctor ordered: Merriam-Webster
  2. just what the doctor ordered: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  3. just what the doctor ordered: Wiktionary
  4. just what the doctor ordered: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. just what the doctor ordered: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. just what the doctor ordered: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. just what the doctor ordered: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. just what the doctor ordered: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. just what the doctor ordered: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (Just what the doctor ordered)

noun:  Alternative form of what the doctor ordered [(idiomatic) Exactly what is necessary or useful in a given situation; something very beneficial or desirable.]

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