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done right by

done right by is the past participle of do right by.

Meaning of do right by

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To treat, deal with, or act toward (someone) in a morally just, socially honorable fashion.
    • I know her new husband is a good man and wants to do right by our family.

Questions about done right by

What is done right by the past participle of?
Done right by is the past participle of do right by.

Words near done right by in the dictionary

  1. done or died
  2. done out
  3. done out of
  4. done over
  5. done porridge
  6. done right by
  7. done somebody wrong
  8. done someone a frighten
  9. done someone brown
  10. done someone like that
  11. done someone one better

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