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do good

do good verb: to act virtuously.

Verb

do good (third-person singular simple present does good, present participle doing good, simple past did good, past participle done good)

  1. To act virtuously.
  2. To contribute positively; to aid.
    • (A) fat lot of good that does me.
    • 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

Forms of do good

third-person singular presentdoes good
present participledoing good
pastdid good
past participledone good

Questions about do good

What does do good mean?
Do good means to act virtuously.
What part of speech is do good?
Do good is a verb.
What is the past tense of do good?
The past tense of do good is did good.

Words near do good in the dictionary

  1. do drugs
  2. do duty
  3. do exactly what it says on the tin
  4. do fish swim
  5. do for
  6. do good
  7. do gooseberry
  8. do I know you
  9. do ill
  10. do in
  11. do it

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