I'm all right, Jack

phrase

Indicates a selfish attitude, not worried about any problems one's friends and neighbours might have. Often associated with strikes and other trade union industrial actions.

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  1. UKIndicates a selfish attitude, not worried about any problems one's friends and neighbours might have. Often associated with strikes and other trade union industrial actions.

    From my vantage point at the large, shiny bar in the centre of the room, I could swear I spotted Harriet Harman with her trade unionist husband "I'm all right, Jack" Dromey.

    2008 November 6, Bill Blanko, “Party politics”, in The Guardian
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APA

I'm all right, Jack. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/I'm%20all%20right%2C%20Jack

MLA

“I'm all right, Jack.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/I'm%20all%20right%2C%20Jack. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “I'm all right, Jack,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/I'm%20all%20right%2C%20Jack.

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