not do someone any favours

A form of not do someone any favors — To reflect badly on or to hurt in some way.

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Meanings

verb
  1. alternativeidiomaticAlternative form of not do someone any favors.

    Anyway, her head was still killing her and the sound of Frost's tirade wasn't doing it any favours.

    2014, Will Jordan, Betrayal, page 214
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    Your mother's a very smart woman. She loves nice clothes. Has she seen this jumper? Has she? You're not doing yourself any favours.

    2012, Michele Hanson, What the Grown-ups Were Doing: An odyssey through 1950s suburbia, →ISBN
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APA

not do someone any favours. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/not%20do%20someone%20any%20favours

MLA

“not do someone any favours.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/not%20do%20someone%20any%20favours. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “not do someone any favours,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/not%20do%20someone%20any%20favours.

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