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of service to someone, be

of service to someone, be idiom

Help someone, as in How can I be of service to you? This idiom uses service in the sense of “supplying someone's needs.” [c. 1700]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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