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good turn

NOUN
favor
Synonyms
WEAK
accommodation account admiration aid approbation assistance backing benediction benefit benevolence benignity bias blessing boon championship compliment consideration cooperation courtesy dispensation encouragement esteem estimation

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If you do a good turn for others, the universe will — in theory — do you a good turn one day.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026

Carruthers was a mechanic and did Graham "a good turn" by fixing his dad's Land Rover, making a special job of it so it could be used for Graham's father's funeral.

From BBC • May 10, 2025

So “false social reality” felt like a good turn of phrase for that.

From Scientific American • Aug. 23, 2022

“I was really pumped at getting a good turn in on a soft-top,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 28, 2022

There was a tribal superstition I clung to, which said that if one did others a good turn, things would go right for that one day.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane