do well/do good

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do well/do good

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Which are correct:
1) They did well to create opportunities for us.
2) They did good to create opportunities for us.

3) They did well in creating opportunities for us.
4) They did good in creating opportunities for us.


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Re: do well/do good

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1,3,4: grammatical, but #4 is unidiomatic.
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