Meaning of do well by doing good | Babel Free

Definitions

To achieve social acceptance or financial success as a result of behaving in a benevolent or charitable manner.

idiomatic

Examples

“Ev'ry evening you will find him / Around our neighborhood / It's the old dope peddler / Doing well by doing good”

“The sanctioning doctrine of Good Works has been at hand every since Benjamin Franklin canonized the Arminian Heresy. So Cash McCall, like his patron saint, does well by doing good.”

“Of course, like most aid donors, Japan does well by doing good.”

“He wants companies selling Red products to make a profit by helping the poor—doing well by doing good.”

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