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.
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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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