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
Hal[hæl]
WŁAdekVWAW-dekPolish
Behnam-Persian
Danica-Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Slovak, Czech, Macedonian, English
Umar-Arabic
Beyza-Turkish