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
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
From there, the plot hurtles forward with pace, plausibility and a cast that would do credit to an Ian Fleming thriller.
From Time Magazine Archive
But at all events she had decked out her ball-room as the sacrificial altar, and had taken care that a fitting company and cheerful music should do credit to the immolation.
From Miranda of the Balcony A Story by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodle) Mason
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