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DO-WELL BY

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Dictionary entry overview: What does do-well by mean?

• DO-WELL BY (verb)
The verb DO-WELL BY has 1 sense:

1. treat or consider adequately or fairly

Familiarity information: DO-WELL BY used as a verb is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• DO-WELL BY (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Treat or consider adequately or fairly

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

do justice; do-well by

Context example:

To do him justice, he is brilliant

Hypernyms (to "do-well by" is one way to...):

do by; handle; treat (interact in a certain way)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s to somebody

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