do good

English

Verb

do good (third-person singular simple present does good, present participle doing good, simple past did good, past participle done good)

1. To act virtuously.
2. To contribute positively; to aid.

   (A) fat lot of good that does me.

   • 2021, Michael Farris Smith, chapter 40, in Nick, New York; Boston; London: Little, Brown and Company, page 196:

     That's all there is to it. It might do you some good to know him better anyhow.

Translations

act virtuously

Hungarian: jót tesz/cselekszik Italian: fare del bene

contribute positively

French: faire bien de (fr) Hungarian: jót tesz, használ (hu), segít (hu) Italian: fare bene (it)

Anagrams

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