of service to someone, be



of service to someone, be

Help someone, as in How can I be of service to you? This idiom uses service in the sense of "supplying someone's needs." [c. 1700]
See also: of, service

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
VincentVIN-sənt (English), ven-SAWN (French)English, French, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Slovak
Niloofar-Persian
RoloRAHL-oEnglish (Rare)
EdvinED-vin (Swedish), ED-veen (Finnish)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian
Maitland-English (Rare)
Iona[ai'əunə]