work wonders

• do wonders

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work wonders (third-person singular simple present works wonders, present participle working wonders, simple past and past participle worked wonders or (archaic) wrought wonders)

1. (archaic, intransitive) To perform miracles or magic.
2. (idiomatic) To be highly successful as a solution. [with for or on ‘someone, a problem, etc.’]

• work miracles

• work like a charm
• go like a dream

• “work do wonders”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “do wonders for something someone”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “do work wonders” (US) / “do work wonders” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
• “do work wonders”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “do work wonders” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
• “work wonders”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

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