do one good
Idioms-
Be of benefit to one, as in I'm sure some fresh air will do her good . [Late 1400s]
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Also, do one's heart good . Please, gratify, give satisfaction. For example, It does my heart good to see the young couple so happy .
Example Sentences
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Ferrera: When I started out I had this assumption that you do one good thing and then Scorsese, he’s knocking on your door, the directors are going to come.
From Los Angeles Times
In a 2022 Cosmopolitan interview, Moon Bin was asked what he would do if he were an angel who could do one good thing.
From Los Angeles Times
“If you do one good thing, I will follow you for a long, long time,” he said.
From Slate
But he did do one good thing, he brought both fanbases together to agree on one thing: that he sucks.
From Golf Digest
Hutchins didn’t just do one good thing amid an ongoing series of bad ones.
From Slate
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