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do a favour
do yourself a favour
(British & Australian) also do yourself a favor (American & Australian) something that you say when you are advising someone to do something which will have a good effect or will give them an advantage (often + and + do sth) You're looking really tired. Why don't you do yourself a favour and take a break?
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| Iosif | | ee-O-seef (Russian), YO-seef (Romanian) | Russian, Romanian, Greek |
| Jennifer | | JEN-i-fər (English) | English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Spanish |
| Fredrick | | FRED-rik | English |
| Taimi | | TIE-mee | Finnish |
| Rumbidzai | | - | Southern African, Shona |
| Roth | | [rɔ:θ] | |