do credit to
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“Its beauty of design and execution would do credit to any part of the world,” the newspaper declared.
From New York Times • Dec. 3, 2018
Dennett's recycling credentials would do credit to the deepest of Greens.
From The Guardian • May 15, 2013
Krips took over the Buffalo Symphony in 1954, and under him it has performed with a professional polish that would do credit to a city several times Buffalo's size.
From Time Magazine Archive
The most frenetic activity takes place in the Livestock Pavilion, where coveralled owners lavish on their animals care that would do credit to Elizabeth Arden.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had a deep and rather harsh voice, and his r's could do credit to the thickest Irish brogue.
From Yekl A tale of the New York ghetto by Cahan, Abraham
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