do well

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do well

verb does well · doing well · did well · done well

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see do, well. He tries hard to tell a good joke but, alas, he does not do it well.
with infinitive To take the prudent approach; to be advised. He would do well to listen more carefully to his wife.
with a prepositional phrase headed by by or for To benefit, to favour. The company did well by his family after he died.
To succeed; to flourish. Prosimians make good use of shelves, ropes, or swings and do well with natural substrates—such as vines, bamboo, and branches—to climb on or jump among.

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@misc{do_well_2026,
  title = {do well},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/do%20well},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}