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good turn

good turn noun: a good deed; a thoughtful or selfless act.

Noun

good turn (plural good turns)

  1. (idiomatic) A good deed; a thoughtful or selfless act.
    • One good turn deserves another.
    • I am doing you a good turn this year by sending you a friend,[…]1895, Marie Corelli, The Sorrows of Satan: or The Strange Experience of One Geoffrey Tempest, Millionaire […], 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, published...

Antonyms of good turn

Forms of good turn

pluralgood turns

Questions about good turn

What does good turn mean?
Good turn means a good deed; a thoughtful or selfless act.
What part of speech is good turn?
Good turn is a noun.
What is the plural of good turn?
The plural of good turn is good turns.

Words near good turn in the dictionary

  1. good times
  2. good to go
  3. good trouble
  4. good try
  5. good tsar, bad boyars
  6. good turn
  7. good turns
  8. good value
  9. good values
  10. good voice to beg bacon
  11. Good Wednesday

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