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done someone proud

done someone proud is the past participle of do someone proud.

Meaning of do someone proud

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
  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

Questions about done someone proud

What is done someone proud the past participle of?
Done someone proud is the past participle of do someone proud.

Words near done someone proud in the dictionary

  1. done somebody wrong
  2. done someone a frighten
  3. done someone brown
  4. done someone like that
  5. done someone one better
  6. done someone proud
  7. done someone's bidding
  8. done someone's business
  9. done someone's head in
  10. done someone's heart good
  11. done the dash

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