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do well for oneself

do well for oneself verb: to thrive or succeed.

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To thrive or succeed.

Forms of do well for oneself

third-person singular presentdoes well for oneself
present participledoing well for oneself
pastdid well for oneself
past participledone well for oneself

Questions about do well for oneself

What does do well for oneself mean?
Do well for oneself means to thrive or succeed.
What part of speech is do well for oneself?
Do well for oneself is a verb.
What is the past tense of do well for oneself?
The past tense of do well for oneself is did well for oneself.

Words near do well for oneself in the dictionary

  1. do up
  2. do violence to
  3. do want
  4. do well
  5. do well by doing good
  6. do well for oneself
  7. do what
  8. do what I say, not what I do
  9. do what it says on the tin
  10. do what one does
  11. do what you will

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