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do somebody wrong

do somebody wrong verb: to treat someone badly or unfairly.

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To treat someone badly or unfairly.

Forms of do somebody wrong

third-person singular presentdoes somebody wrong
present participledoing somebody wrong
pastdid somebody wrong
past participledone somebody wrong

Questions about do somebody wrong

What does do somebody wrong mean?
Do somebody wrong means to treat someone badly or unfairly.
What part of speech is do somebody wrong?
Do somebody wrong is a verb.
What is the past tense of do somebody wrong?
The past tense of do somebody wrong is did somebody wrong.

Words near do somebody wrong in the dictionary

  1. do out
  2. do out of
  3. do over
  4. do porridge
  5. do right by
  6. do somebody wrong
  7. do someone a frighten
  8. do someone brown
  9. do someone dirt
  10. do someone dirty
  11. do someone like that

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