Meanings
verbdo good (third-person singular simple present does good, present participle doing good, simple past did good, past participle done good)
present singular third person does good · participle present doing good · past did good · participle past done good
- To act virtuously.
- To contribute positively; to aid.
(A) fat lot of good that does me.
1 more example
That's all there is to it. It might do you some good to know him better anyhow.
2021, Michael Farris Smith, chapter 40, in Nick, New York; Boston; London: Little, Brown and Company, page 196
Synonyms & antonyms
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Translations
French faire bien de
- faire bien decontribute positively
Hungarian jót tesz/cselekszik, jót tesz
- jót tesz/cselekszikact virtuously
- jót teszcontribute positively
- használcontribute positively
- segítcontribute positively
Italian fare del bene, fare bene
- fare del beneact virtuously
- fare benecontribute positively
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Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “do good,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/do%20good.
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