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doing justice

doing justice is the present participle and gerund of do justice.

Meaning of do justice

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To allow to be apprehended in its full scope.
    • It was classified as "all others" under vehicle type […], but that category doesn't do a motorized barstool justice.2009 March 30, “Newark police cite man for driving drunk after crashing motorized barstool”, in The Advocate, archived from the original on 30 Jun 2013
  2. (idiomatic) To enjoy to the full.
    • […] a magnificent cold supper was awaiting him in the dining-room, where he did full justice to a game pie and a bottle of claret.1935, Russell Thorndike, The Scarecrow Rides

Questions about doing justice

What is doing justice the present participle and gerund of?
Doing justice is the present participle and gerund of do justice.

Words near doing justice in the dictionary

  1. doing in
  2. doing it
  3. doing it brown
  4. doing it tough
  5. doing it up brown
  6. doing justice
  7. doing lunch
  8. doing more harm than good
  9. doing nothing
  10. doing numbers
  11. doing off

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