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stand in good stead

stand in good stead verb: to come in handy for someone in the future; to stand ready for future gainful use.

Verb

stand in good stead (third-person singular simple present stands in good stead, present participle standing in good stead, simple past and past participle stood in good stead)

  1. (transitive) To come in handy for someone in the future; to stand ready for future gainful use.

Forms of stand in good stead

third-person singular presentstands in good stead
present participlestanding in good stead
past participlestood in good stead
paststood in good stead

Questions about stand in good stead

What does stand in good stead mean?
Stand in good stead means to come in handy for someone in the future; to stand ready for future gainful use.
What part of speech is stand in good stead?
Stand in good stead is a verb.
What is the past tense of stand in good stead?
The past tense of stand in good stead is stood in good stead.

Words near stand in good stead in the dictionary

  1. stand guard
  2. stand hawk
  3. stand hawks
  4. stand in
  5. stand in for
  6. stand in good stead
  7. stand in one's own light
  8. stand in one's value
  9. stand in someone's shoes
  10. stand in the gap
  11. stand in the gate

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