"do well for oneself" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-do well for oneself.ogg [Australia] Forms: does well for oneself [present, singular, third-person], doing well for oneself [participle, present], did well for oneself [past], done well for oneself [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|do<does,,did,done> well for oneself}} do well for oneself (third-person singular simple present does well for oneself, present participle doing well for oneself, simple past did well for oneself, past participle done well for oneself)
  1. (idiomatic) To thrive or succeed. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-do_well_for_oneself-en-verb-LxEjuo-6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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