English

do a power of good

To be highly beneficial (to someone).

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    Origin

    From do good + a power of (“a lot of”).

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    • derivedEnglishdo “A syntactic marker in a question whose main verb is not another auxiliary verb or be.”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishdon “to put on”
        • inheritedOld Englishdōn
        • inheritedOld Englishdōn on
      • derivedLatinDominus “The Lord”

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