Idiom
good turn
Meaning
A good deed; a thoughtful or selfless act.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Doing a good turn for a neighbor builds trust.”
“He did her a good turn by driving her to the airport at five in the morning.”
“In a world grown cynical, she believed that one small good turn could still ripple outward and change someone's day.”
Examples
simple
“Doing a good turn for a neighbor builds trust.”
contextual
“He did her a good turn by driving her to the airport at five in the morning.”
complex
“In a world grown cynical, she believed that one small good turn could still ripple outward and change someone's day.”
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