do well

1. do well to do something . Fare better or act prudently by doing something, as in She would do well to ask permission before she leaves . [Late 1400s]

2. Prosper, thrive, succeed, as in He's done well in the market . [c. 1300]

Example Sentences

Not since Carmela Soprano has a wife stood so loyally behind her n'er-do-well husband as Denise Richards has in recent months.

From The Daily Beast

The ne'er-do-well blew, like seed before the wind, to distant places, but mankind at large stayed at home.

From Project Gutenberg

To be sure, the neer-do-well is very lively, very pushing, very enterprising in a tte--tte!

From Project Gutenberg

He's a chap named Hyson, the local ne'er-do-well, who was almost starving when Mr. Glenthorpe came to the district.

From Project Gutenberg

Bill Berry was a town neer-do-well, who more than once had aided Noddy in his schemes to make trouble for the motor boys.

From Project Gutenberg

On the other hand, the genuine criminal and also the drunken neer-do-well left no children.

From Project Gutenberg

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