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nobody's perfect

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Definition of nobody's perfect

—used to say that everyone makes mistakes
  • Yes, you made a mistake, but it's okay; nobody's perfect.

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nobody play

  1. : no person : not anybody

  1. : a person of no influence or consequence

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perfect play

  1. : being entirely without fault or defect : flawless

  2. : satisfying all requirements : accurate

  3. : corresponding to an ideal standard or abstract concept

  1. : to bring to final form

  2. : to make perfect : improve, refine

  1. : the perfect tense of a language

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