What does "ça marche" mean in French?

What does "ça marche" mean?

Works for me / sounds good / deal.

Language: 🇫🇷 French
Say it: sa MARSH
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How it's actually used

Confirms plans and agreements constantly in spoken French. Also used literally to mean something functions: "ça ne marche pas" is "it's not working."

Examples

On se voit à huit heures? —Ça marche. "Meet at eight?" "Works for me."
Ça marche pas, ce truc. This thing isn't working.

Where it comes from

Literally "it walks."

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