to do me a favour
- phrasal verb
- UK
- Could you do me a favour and help me with my homework?
If you like this video, do me a favor and click Like or Share.
- If you like this video, do me a favor and click Like or Share.
- And then Keith, do me a favor, make me disappear.
- So like, so if you could just do me a favor and handle your business.
- Louise, do me a favour, please get out of here.
- All right, can you do me a favor?
- My friends, do me a favor, let's make this real simple.
- If you enjoyed this episode, please do me a favor and leave a five star review.
- So if you like the if you like the video, do me a favour and subscribe.
- Yes, but she dug her heels in and said she was doing me a favor.
Examples
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Listen, could you do me a favour?
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Look, could you do me a favour?
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I said, Dad, do me a favor, quit now.
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The lady told me, do me a favor, make a smart choice.
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If you like this video, do me a favor and click Like or Share.
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And do me a favor, close the door.
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Before you go, would you do me a favour?
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Louise, do me a favour, please get out of here.
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So if you could do me a favour and simply escort me to the property, that would be fantastic.
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Mayim, would you do me a favor and hold that book up?
Synonyms
To do a favor for someone when they ask
To help someone with a task
To politely ask someone to do something
Antonyms
How Helpful
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase literally combines 'do' (perform) + 'me' (for me) + 'a favour' (a kind action), so its meaning 'perform a kind act for me / help me' is directly derivable from the constituents. The construction is common cross-linguistically (e.g. Spanish 'hazme un favor'), so a B1 learner who knows the words will almost always infer the intended request.
Etymology
Do me a favour comes from the simple idea of asking someone to do something for me as a favour. That's why it is used today to politely ask someone to 'help me' or 'do something for me'.