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did someone proud

did someone proud is the simple past of do someone proud.

Meaning of do someone proud

Verb

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

  1. (informal, transitive) To cause someone to feel pride, admiration, or satisfaction.
    • He very politely assured her that she would ‘do him proud’, whenever she might please to call at Hook Court.1867, Anthony Trollope, chapter 75, in The Last Chronicle of Barset
  2. (dated, transitive) To treat someone extremely well; to honor with a generous contribution.
    • Fortune did them proud, for by the time they got to Wilmington, gold had risen to such heights in Confederate currency that their salaries dwarfed those paid to Southerners doing the same work.1994, Frank E. Vandiver, Ploughshares Into Swords: Josiah Gorgas and Confederate Ordnance

Questions about did someone proud

What is did someone proud the simple past of?
Did someone proud is the simple past of do someone proud.

Words near did someone proud in the dictionary

  1. did somebody wrong
  2. did someone a frighten
  3. did someone brown
  4. did someone like that
  5. did someone one better
  6. did someone proud
  7. did someone's bidding
  8. did someone's business
  9. did someone's head in
  10. did someone's heart good
  11. did the dash

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