do (someone) a world/lot of good

phrase

: to be very useful to or helpful for (someone)

The visit with her grandchildren did her a world/lot of good.

Examples of do (someone) a world/lot of good in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Washing clothes, dusting surfaces, spraying down furniture with linen spray, and disinfecting your bathrooms all do a world of good for lifting the air in your home. — Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 23 Nov. 2025

What if that once-in-a-lifetime work of investigative journalism, the one sure to bring glory upon the writer’s name, will also have dire consequences for someone who could otherwise do a lot of good? — Judy Berman, Time, 5 Nov. 2025

While pulling fluid into and bulking up your stool and prompting fermentation reactions with the microbes in your gut can do a lot of good, there are potential drawbacks such as excess gas, bloating, stomach cramps and, of course, lots o’ farting. — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025

Wellness The garden flower can do a world of good for your gut. — Catharine Malzahn, Glamour, 28 May 2025

Numerous economists believe that convincing this group to relocate to the United States would do a lot of good for the country. — David Bier, Time, 30 Apr. 2025

This is where a healthy injection of Red Hat culture could do a world of good for the larger and more mature IBM teams. — Jason Andersen, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025