do credit to
Example Sentences
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“Its beauty of design and execution would do credit to any part of the world,” the newspaper declared.
From New York Times • Dec. 3, 2018
Dennett's recycling credentials would do credit to the deepest of Greens.
From The Guardian • May 15, 2013
The quibbling over nuances would do credit to Henry James�as when Ehrlichman vainly tried to distinguish between "literal" and "actual."
From Time Magazine Archive
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From there, the plot hurtles forward with pace, plausibility and a cast that would do credit to an Ian Fleming thriller.
From Time Magazine Archive
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I may not do credit to my own thoughts and feelings; but never hath my tongue uttered aught to thee, Mercedes, that the heart hath not honestly urged.
From Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay by Cooper, J. Fenimore