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do any favours

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not do somebody any favours

  (British, American & Australian) also not do somebody any favor (American)

to do something that is likely to have a bad effect on you or on another person (often reflexive) You're not well, and you're not doing yourself any favours by taking on extra work. (usually in continuous tenses; often + by + doing sth) The government isn't doing the families of the victims any favor by hiding the truth about what really happened.

See also: any, favour