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do well

v. act in one's own or everybody's best interest; "You will do well to arrive on time tomorrow!" [syn: had best]

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Denys were accepts by Saints and Schoolmen, and perhaps we should do well to follow them without curious questions and impertinent discussion.

Walter Mischel (1988) has shown that 4-year-olds, who have learned how to distract themselves and resist temptations, like candy, are more able to concentrate, make friends, do well on the SAT, and deal with stress as teenagers.

It was written in the sort of prose any writer could do well to learn from.

Nowadays they elect them to a higher office, or give them a mission to some foreign country, if they do not do well where they are.