do well

idiom

1

: to be wise or use good judgment : to do what one should do

You would do well to avoid him right now.

You did well to avoid him when he was in a bad mood.

2

: to be lucky

When the tornado hit, they did well to escape uninjured.

Examples of do well in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Other returning series that, unsurprisingly, are continuing to do well are Abbott Elementary, Grey’s Anatomy, The Rookie and 9-1-1. —Katie Campione, Deadline, 7 Feb. 2025

Finch noted one thing the Wolves coaching staff has been asking itself over and over again in recent weeks: what is something the team can repeatedly do well? —Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025

And one of the things that Republicans do well is not allow their pollsters to tell them everything. —Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2025

Here, the president would do well to take a page from his own first term foreign policy playbook. —Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025