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in one's interest

Idioms  

  1. Also, in the interest of one; in one's own interest; in one's best interest. For one's benefit or advantage, as in It's obviously in their interest to increase profits, or Is this policy in the interest of the townspeople? or I suspect it's in your own best interest to quit now. [Early 1700s]

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It is made up into "costumes" which have such an air of fashion that the deceased relative is instantly forgotten in one's interest in the cut and fit of the gown.

From Abroad with the Jimmies by Bell, Lilian

Greater than one's fear, more overmastering in one's interest is this shell-fire.

From The Soul of the War by Gibbs, Philip

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