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be of service

idiom

: to be helpful or useful to someone
I am glad to be of service.

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No drive has more positive ripple effects than the desire to be of service. Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 17 Nov. 2025 That showed up for me in so many ways, given how our partners rallied together to race to the places that needed help most to be of service. Simon Mainwaring, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025 How did Lyell and Darwin imagine and engage with deep time, and how might this be of service today? Lewis Hyde, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025 To get up and keep trying and keep doing it and trying to be of service. Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 6 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for be of service

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“Be of service.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/be%20of%20service. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.

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