Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “redound to someone’s credit/honour“ and it is a phrase meaning “used to say that someone deserves credit/honour for his/her activity”.
Example Sentence: Ukraine is in no position to defend itself against Russian might. It was widely expected that it would be a short, decisive war. There is no doubt that Russia can and will prevail, but if it has to take Belarus’s help in doing so, it will not redound well to Mr. Putin’s credit. The resistance put up by the Ukrainian people under President Volodymyr Zelensky’s leadership is impressive. But what thereafter?
This phrase is present in The Hindu article The Ukraine war, India and a stand of non-alignment and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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