do (someone) a service
idiom
: to do something that helps (someone)
The journalists did the public a service by exposing the corruption.
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On April 14, Lauren's Kids will do a service project at Peace River Victims Services in Lakeland, painting and brightening the exam room and employee breakroom.
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Bryan West, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2025
In August, the film team decided to do a service deal with Picturehouse.
—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 7 Feb. 2025
The Court would do a service to the country, and America’s principle of equality under the law, by telling them their time is up.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 31 Oct. 2022
Pelosi, by making this trip against the background of Chinese threats, would do a service to her country, Taiwan, and all nations with an interest in resisting a totalitarian party-state’s military aggression.
—The Editors, National Review, 27 July 2022
Agents, like most other workers, get paid when someone hires them to do a service, such as finding a buyer for their house.
—Cindy Krischer Goodman, sun-sentinel.com, 9 Aug. 2021
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Bryan West, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2025
In August, the film team decided to do a service deal with Picturehouse.
—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 7 Feb. 2025
The Court would do a service to the country, and America’s principle of equality under the law, by telling them their time is up.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 31 Oct. 2022
Pelosi, by making this trip against the background of Chinese threats, would do a service to her country, Taiwan, and all nations with an interest in resisting a totalitarian party-state’s military aggression.
—The Editors, National Review, 27 July 2022
Agents, like most other workers, get paid when someone hires them to do a service, such as finding a buyer for their house.
—Cindy Krischer Goodman, sun-sentinel.com, 9 Aug. 2021
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“Do (someone) a service.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/do%20%28someone%29%20a%20service. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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