to good purpose

To effective use, as in A donation to the homeless shelter will be put to good purpose. This idiom was first recorded in 1553. Also see to little or no purpose.

to good purpose

With good results.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Sanda	-	Romanian, Croatian
Hibiki	hee-bee-kee	Japanese
Enoch	EE-nək (English)	Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Evander (1)	ee-VAN-dər (English), ə-VAN-dər (English)	Greek Mythology (Latinized), Roman Mythology
Miljana	-	Serbian
Aylen	-	Native American, Mapuche