make oneself useful

idiom

: to do something helpful
I tried to make myself useful by organizing his closet for him.

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“Make oneself useful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/make%20oneself%20useful. Accessed 16 Dec. 2024.

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