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Do by
(usually used with right/well or wrong/ill) To perform on behalf of someone or with someone in mind; to behave in a manner befitting someone.
📖 Definitions of "Do by"
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(usually used with right/well or wrong/ill) To perform on behalf of someone or with someone in mind; to behave in a manner befitting someone.
"Do as you would be done by."
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Do by"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| treatverb | (transitive) To entertain with food or drink, especially at one's own expense; to show hospitality to; to pay for as celebration or reward. |
| handleverb | The part of an object which is (designed to be) held in the hand when used or moved. |
| do wellverb | To succeed; to flourish. |
| do right byverb | (idiomatic, transitive) To treat, deal with, or act toward (someone) in a morally just, socially honorable fashion. |
| representverb | (transitive) To stand or act in the place of; to perform the duties, exercise the rights, or otherwise act on behalf of |
| behooveverb | (transitive, chiefly US) To befit, be appropriate or necessary to somebody. Alternative form of behove. |
| handle oneselfverb | (idiomatic) to behave |
| do the honorsverb | (idiomatic) To act as a host to guests. |
| helpnoun | (uncountable) Action given to provide assistance; aid. |
| agreeverb | (intransitive) To be in harmony about an opinion, statement, or action; to have a consistent idea between two or more people. |
| behaveverb | (intransitive) To act, conduct oneself in a specific manner; used with an adverbial of manner. |
| give a good account of oneselfverb | (idiomatic) To act in a creditable manner. |
| performverb | (ambitransitive) To do (something) in front of an audience, such as acting or music, often in order to entertain. |
| bear oneselfverb | (idiomatic) To behave and conduct oneself in a particular manner. |
| behave oneselfverb | To act in a polite or proper way. |
| play toverb | To act in a way most suitable to; to act in a way that best brings out (a quality, condition, etc.). |
| behoveverb | (transitive, formal) To be necessary for (someone). |
| take someone's partverb | (idiomatic) To show support for or defend the actions of someone in the course of a debate, argument, etc. |
| acquitverb | (transitive) To declare or find innocent or not guilty. |
| fill someone's shoesverb | (idiomatic) To do (somebody's) job; to perform or assume (somebody's) role. |
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