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ESLBeginner Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

It never hurts to be thorough

Hello, would you please tell me what does it mean when people say 'it never hurts to be thorough' ?thanks.
  

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"to be thorough" means to take care to do things accurately, checking that everything is correct and complete. "It never hurts to be thorough" means that being thorough never does any harm, with the implication that it probably does good.

— Mr Wordy

  • "to be thorough" means to take care to do things accurately, checking that everything is correct and complete.
  • "It never hurts to be thorough" means that being thorough never does any harm, with the implication that it probably does good.
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"to be thorough" means to take care to do things accurately, checking that everything is correct and complete.

"It never hurts to be thorough" means that being thorough never does any harm, with the implication that it probably does good.
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