be of service

idiom

: to be helpful or useful to someone
I am glad to be of service.

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The generous fool is the person, always well meaning, who wants desperately to be of service, but is not very good at it. Bruce Tulgan, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024 Additionally, find ways to be of service and offer to introduce people in your network to each other. Caroline Castrillon, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024 Thank you for your kind compassion running a full-page advertisement every day inviting readers to help and be of service to our neighbors. Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 4 Feb. 2024 Gusto’s gains are also a reminder that the best business ideas often come from an instinct to be of service; to recognize when someone needs something, just like when Kim, as a child, saw his mom struggle to ship orders from their family’s doctors’ office. Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 10 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for be of service 

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“Be of service.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/be%20of%20service. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.

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