Charlie's Angels

noun

A group of women do-gooders who fight crime, especially a group of three.

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Meanings

nounCharlie's Angels pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlyA group of women do-gooders who fight crime, especially a group of three.

    The crime-fighting group, made up almost entirely of girls, has been so effective that across the state. newspapers have dubbed them the "Charlie's Angels of Cyberspace".

    2001 January 9, Michael Forsyth, Weekly World News, page 44
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    The strategies that follow work hand in hand in hand with one another. Think of them as the Charlie's Angels of SAT strategies. Each has strengths, each has weaknesses, but together, they kick Analogy section booty.

    2003, Chris Kensler, SAT for Super Busy Students: 10 Simple Steps for Students Who Don't Want to Spend Their Whole Lives Preparing for the Test, Simon & Schuster, page 19

    Of course, Bidemi did not expect the girls in the treasury department to go back in time and adopt the way of life of the ancient Amazon warriors, but she wanted them to become go-getters and astute peak performers as career women and not let down their guard too readily in achieving their goals. They should be the Charlie's Angels of the banking industry.

    2016, Oluwole Komolafe, The Lonely Ones Among Us

    Asia Alternatives, affectionately nicknamed "The Charlie's Angels of Private Equity" (an Asia-focused private equity fund of funds founded by three ladies, Melissa Ma, Laure Wang, and Rebecca Xu) is one such fund that is closing the gap.

    2012, Yinglan Tan, The Way of the VC: Having Top Venture Capitalists on Your Board, Wiley, page 197

    The week Trixie went from master baker to master tailor, Clickerbacher decided it was time to remind the Charlie's Angels of her past. He knew what days all of the girls would be in the vintage store together to take inventory.

    2025, Trudy Jean Evans, The HOA Chronicles: A Cautionary Tale of Mismanagement, Mishaps, and Mayhem, Wheatmark, Inc.

Origin

From the protagonists of the television show Charlie's Angels.

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