do no good
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In addition, it would do no good to drop rocks or sand through the opening between the lanes, because that could potentially damage the utility lines.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2023
Thus, attempts at charity and moral uplift were seen to do no good.
From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022
It would do no good to make either of the double-headed Marty the scapegoat, because the entire operation has been pitched as coach-centric from the start.
From Washington Post • Oct. 13, 2022
It will do no good to protest that you couldn't possibly have known.
From Salon • Oct. 7, 2022
You cant do no good, holding to the gate and crying.
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
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