DO WELL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does do well mean? 

• DO WELL (verb)
  The verb DO WELL has 1 sense:

1. act in one's own or everybody's best interest

  Familiarity information: DO WELL used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DO WELL (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Act in one's own or everybody's best interest

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

do well; had best

Context example:

You will do well to arrive on time tomorrow!

Hypernyms (to "do well" is one way to...):

act; move (perform an action, or work out or perform (an action))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s INFINITIVE

 Context examples 

I do not say it is so; but you will do well to consider whether it is so or not, and to regulate your behaviour accordingly.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

This day seems to be sent by a loving universe that wants to see you do well.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

“I think, Watson, that you would do well to put that revolver where you can reach it.”

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

You would do well, Mr. Holmes, not to forget it, for I have no desire to do you an injury.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“She will try to do well,” said little Em'ly.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

My whim is gratified; and now I think Mr. Eshton will do well to put the hag in the stocks to-morrow morning, as he threatened.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

There's one thing you can do well, Jo, that is, wear a shawl.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

With treatment, most children with clefts do well and lead a healthy life.

(Cleft Lip and Palate, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Most bacteria and viruses that cause infections do well at the body's normal temperature (98.6 F).

(Fever, NIH)

She would not do well.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)