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to someone's credit

to someone's credit prepositional phrase: in such a way that someone deserves praise.

Prepositional phrase

  1. In such a way that someone deserves praise.
    • To his credit, the captain ensured that all passengers were taken off the sinking ship before himself.

Questions about to someone's credit

What does to someone's credit mean?
To someone's credit means in such a way that someone deserves praise.
What part of speech is to someone's credit?
To someone's credit is a prepositional phrase.

Words near to someone's credit in the dictionary

  1. to save one's life
  2. to say nothing of
  3. to say the least
  4. to scale
  5. to some extent
  6. to someone's credit
  7. to someone's face
  8. to someone's liking
  9. to someone's taste
  10. to spare
  11. to speak of

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