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not go amiss (British, American & Australian informal) also not come amiss (British & Australian informal)

if something would not go amiss, it would be useful and might help to improve a situation (usually in conditional tenses) A word of apology would not go amiss. Some extra helpers never come amiss.

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If a writer, especially one who is just starting out and still trying to learn the ropes of being flexible, gets assigned to write a topic that he or she knows nothing about, he or she will not go amiss with lots and lots of research. How a Literary Writer Do a News Article by sunitayadav / Arts and entertainment industries community And if the PM's listening, a gong wouldn't go amiss. LESSON IN COURAGE by The Mirror (London, England) 30 Hamilton SP forecast 6-4 Left debut effort well behind, although still fairly green, when second at Ripon three weeks ago, shaping as though another furlong wouldn't go amiss. BANKERS OR BLOWOUTS? by The Racing Post (London, England)			gnat gnaw gnaw at gnaw on go a bomb go a bundle on go a long way go a long way toward go a long way toward doing go about go about business go about with go above go above and beyond duty go across go across to go after go against the grain go against the tide Go ahead go ahead (with go ahead, make my day go all the way go along go along with go amiss go ape go around go around and around go around doing go around in circles go astray go at like a boy killing snakes go at one another tooth and nail go away go away empty-handed go away with Go away! go AWOL go back a long way go back on word go back to square one go back to the drawing board go back to the salt mines go bad go badly with go ballistic go bananas go beet red go beetroot go before			go ahead go ahead go ahead go ahead (with Go ahead make my day go ahead of Go Ahead or Stop Keying Go Ahead Run Batted In Go ahead, make my day go all out go all out for go all round the houses go all round the houses go all round the houses go all round the houses go all round the houses go all the way go all the way go all the way go all the way go all the way go along go along go along go along go along go along for the ride go along with go along with Go America, Inc. go amiss go and chase go and chase go and chase go and chase Go and Die Go and Make Disciples Go And See For Yourself go apart go ape go ape go ape go ape go ape go apeshit go apeshit go apeshit go apeshit go apeshit go arm in arm Go Army - Beat Navy go around go around go around go around go around go around go around and around go around doing go around in circles go around with

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