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does by

does by is the third-person singular simple present indicative of do by.

Meaning of do by

Verb

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

  1. (informal, usually) To perform on behalf of someone or with someone in mind; to behave in a manner befitting someone.
    • I've tried hard to do right by him. Even so, he continues to do badly by me.

Questions about does by

What is does by the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Does by is the third-person singular simple present indicative of do by.

Words near does by in the dictionary

  1. does away with
  2. does battle
  3. does bird
  4. does bits
  5. does business
  6. does by
  7. does by half-measures
  8. does by halves
  9. does cartwheels
  10. does cheetah flips
  11. does credit

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