good turn

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Noun

good turn (plural good turns)

(idiomatic) A good deed; a thoughtful or selfless act.
Antonyms: evil turn, ill turn

One good turn deserves another.
- 1895, Marie Corelli, The Sorrows of Satan, →OCLC, page 14:
  I am doing you a good turn this year by sending you a friend, […]

Translations

good deed

Chinese:
Mandarin: 恩惠 (zh) (ēnhuì), 好意 (zh) (hǎoyì), 善行 (zh) (shànxíng)
Finnish: palvelus (fi), hyvä teko
French: bonne action (fr) f
Polish: przysługa (pl) f, dobry uczynek m
Russian: добрая услу́га (dobraja uslúga)

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