"work wonders" meaning in English

See work wonders in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Audio: En-au-work wonders.ogg Forms: works wonders [present, singular, third-person], working wonders [participle, present], worked wonders [participle, past], worked wonders [past], wrought wonders [archaic, participle, past], wrought wonders [archaic, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|past2=wrought wonders|past2_qual=archaic}} work wonders (third-person singular simple present works wonders, present participle working wonders, simple past and past participle worked wonders or (archaic) wrought wonders)
  1. (archaic, intransitive) To perform miracles or magic. Tags: archaic, intransitive Synonyms: work miracles, do wonders Related terms: work like a charm, go like a dream
    Sense id: en-work_wonders-en-verb-rhN7-tMu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English predicates, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of English predicates: 59 41 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 91 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 88 12
  2. (idiomatic) To be highly successful as a solution. [with for or on ‘someone, a problem, etc.’] Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-work_wonders-en-verb-EK-lz2~Y
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (Translations): wonderen doen (Dutch), saada ihmeitä aikaan (Finnish), faire des miracles (French), faire des merveilles (French), Wunder wirken (German), Wunder tun (German), csodát tesz (Hungarian), csodát művel (Hungarian), czynić cuda [imperfective] (Polish), ser mano de santo (Spanish), hacer maravillas (Spanish), hacer virguerías [colloquial] (Spanish), göra underverk (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'Translations': 100 0

Inflected forms

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