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give credit where credit is due

give credit where credit is due is the alternative form of credit where credit's due.

Meaning of credit where credit's due

Phrase

credit where credit's due

  1. Used to justly praise someone for their achievement or contribution, regardless of past disagreements or differences.

Questions about give credit where credit is due

What is give credit where credit is due the alternative form of?
Give credit where credit is due is the alternative form of credit where credit's due.

Words near give credit where credit is due in the dictionary

  1. give brain
  2. give by
  3. give chance to
  4. give chase
  5. give credit
  6. give credit where credit is due
  7. give cry
  8. give curry
  9. give dap
  10. give dome
  11. give ear

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Adapted from Wiktionary: give credit where credit is due (page history and authors); credit where credit's due (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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