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did by

did by is the simple past of do by.

Meaning of do by

Verb

do by (third-person singular simple present does by, present participle doing by, simple past did by, past participle done by)

  1. (informal, usually) To perform on behalf of someone or with someone in mind; to behave in a manner befitting someone.
    • I've tried hard to do right by him. Even so, he continues to do badly by me.

Questions about did by

What is did by the simple past of?
Did by is the simple past of do by.

Words near did by in the dictionary

  1. did away with
  2. did battle
  3. did bird
  4. did bits
  5. did business
  6. did by
  7. did by half-measures
  8. did by halves
  9. did cartwheels
  10. did cheetah flips
  11. did credit

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Adapted from Wiktionary: did by (page history and authors); do by (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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