"stand in good stead" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: stands in good stead [present, singular, third-person], standing in good stead [participle, present], stood in good stead [participle, past], stood in good stead [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|stand<,,stood> in good stead}} stand in good stead (third-person singular simple present stands in good stead, present participle standing in good stead, simple past and past participle stood in good stead)
  1. (transitive, of something) To come in handy for someone in the aftertime. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-stand_in_good_stead-en-verb-ByJJtXMR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Download JSON data for stand in good stead meaning in English (1.2kB)

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