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
Other cases needed a persistence that would do credit to Lieut.
From Time Magazine Archive
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He works to spread the gospel of pleasure with a dogged devotion that would do credit to any God-driven missionary or work-driven millionaire.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Some of the rest of you must do credit to the school this afternoon.
From The Jolliest Term on Record A Story of School Life by Brazil, Angela
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