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do someone proud

do someone proud verb: to cause someone to feel pride, admiration, or satisfaction.

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
    • "Well, honest to God, it does me proud to meet you," he blurted out. "Shake hands."1913, Jack London, chapter 7, in The Valley of the Moon
  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
    • We are all in rags now but we did him proud. Wish he could be here to see it all.2009, Sheila Hancock -, The Two of Us: My Life with John Thaw

do someone proud meaning in Bengali

do someone proud in Bengali

কাউকে গর্ব, শ্রদ্ধা, সন্তুষ্টি অনুভব করানো

Forms of do someone proud

third-person singular presentdoes someone proud
present participledoing someone proud
pastdid someone proud
past participledone someone proud

Questions about do someone proud

What does do someone proud mean?
Do someone proud means to cause someone to feel pride, admiration, or satisfaction.
What is do someone proud in Bengali?
Do someone proud in Bengali is কাউকে গর্ব, শ্রদ্ধা, সন্তুষ্টি অনুভব করানো. See Do someone proud meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is do someone proud?
Do someone proud is a verb.
What is the past tense of do someone proud?
The past tense of do someone proud is did someone proud.

Words near do someone proud in the dictionary

  1. do someone brown
  2. do someone dirt
  3. do someone dirty
  4. do someone like that
  5. do someone one better
  6. do someone proud
  7. do someone's bidding
  8. do someone's business
  9. do someone's dags
  10. do someone's head in
  11. do someone's heart good

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