to one's credit
English
Prepositional phrase
- Achieved by the operation of one's personal strengths and merits.
- 2000 March 12, Stuart Barnes, “Swindon stunner for Curbishley”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
- At times, Swindon's penalty box resembled a pinball machine. To their credit, they never wavered and for that alone no one could begrudge them the points.
- 2023 May 31, Nigel Harris, “Comment: GBR now! We have no Plan B”, in RAIL, number 984, page 3:
- Although the Department for Transport (to its credit) wants the GBR legislation, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak does not. He doesn't see railways as a priority in the run-up to a General Election which the smart money says he will likely lose.
Further reading
- “to one's credit”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “to someone's credit” (US) / “to someone's credit” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
- “to one's credit”, in Collins English Dictionary.
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