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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