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did right by

did right by is the simple past of do right by.

Meaning of do right by

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To treat, deal with, or act toward (someone) in a morally just, socially honorable fashion.
    • I know her new husband is a good man and wants to do right by our family.

Questions about did right by

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

Words near did right by in the dictionary

  1. did or died
  2. did out
  3. did out of
  4. did over
  5. did porridge
  6. did right by
  7. did somebody wrong
  8. did someone a frighten
  9. did someone brown
  10. did someone like that
  11. did someone one better

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Adapted from Wiktionary: did right by (page history and authors); do right 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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