good offices
influence, especially with a person in a position of power: He got the job through the good offices of his uncle.
services rendered by a mediator in a dispute.
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How to use good offices in a sentence
He urged, that it would flatter the peculiarities of her character, and might conciliate her good offices for his liberty.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4 | Jane PorterI proceeded to scrutinise with close attention the strange being, by whose good offices such unlikely adventures had befallen me.
Dream Tales and Prose Poems | Ivan TurgenevAt any rate, in the second sense he energetically applied the principle in his good offices.
Sir Walter Ralegh | William StebbingWhen in distress, the Fanti has a claim upon the good offices of his tribe.
The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies | Robert Gordon LathamThe good offices of an uncle were invoked on his behalf, and somewhat grudgingly given.
The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley | Bertram Mitford
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