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do the honorable thing

do the honorable thing verb: synonym of do the right thing.

Verb

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

  1. Synonym of do the right thing

Synonyms of do the honorable thing

Forms of do the honorable thing

third-person singular presentdoes the honorable thing
present participledoing the honorable thing
pastdid the honorable thing
past participledone the honorable thing
alternative UKdo the honourable thing

Questions about do the honorable thing

What does do the honorable thing mean?
Do the honorable thing means synonym of do the right thing.
What part of speech is do the honorable thing?
Do the honorable thing is a verb.
What is the past tense of do the honorable thing?
The past tense of do the honorable thing is did the honorable thing.

Words near do the honorable thing in the dictionary

  1. do the dirty on
  2. do the dishes
  3. do the Dutch
  4. do the handsome thing
  5. do the honor
  6. do the honorable thing
  7. do the honors
  8. do the honour
  9. do the honourable thing
  10. do the honours
  11. do the impossible

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