- deserve credit for something
- deserve credit for something[for someone] to be owed recognition for doing something. •
He certainly deserves credit for the work he did on the project.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
deserve credit for something
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do credit to something — do sb credit | do credit to sb/sth idiom if sth does credit to a person or an organization, they deserve to be praised for it • Your honesty does you great credit. Main entry: ↑creditidiom … Useful english dictionary
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