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DO WELL
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Act in one's own or everybody's best interest
Example:
You will do well to arrive on time tomorrow!
Synonyms:
do well; had best
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "do well" is one way to...):
act; move (perform an action, or work out or perform (an action))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s INFINITIVE
Context examples:
Away they went, and I was just wondering whether I should not do well to follow them when up the lane came a neat little landau, the coachman with his coat only half-buttoned, and his tie under his ear, while all the tags of his harness were sticking out of the buckles.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
You will be filled with intellectual curiosity and a strong motivation to learn and do well.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Rosa Dartle, entering this way with a noiseless step, when we were close to them, addressed herself to me: “You do well,” she said, “indeed, to bring this fellow here!”
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
So they did, but their mistake was in ceasing to do well, and they learned this lesson through much anxiety and regret.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
“I think, Inspector,” Holmes remarked, “that you would do well to telegraph for an escort, as, if my calculations prove to be correct, you may have a particularly dangerous prisoner to convey to the county jail.”
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Uranus, a little bit on the edges, will watch Mars go out of his way to help you do well.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
I'll pound it, it's wot you do yourself, sir, said Mr. Peggotty, shaking his head, and wot you do well—right well!
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
It would have been shameful to fail after spending so much time and money, when everyone knew that you could do well.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
He will do well.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
In fact, you would do well to leave a space of days between the day you sign and the onset or end of Mercury retrograde.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
