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Madhulk Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Did the right thing by you...

General: I'm a military man, Clark. I have to believe that when push comes
to shove America will do the right thing. Kind of like Lois did the right thing
by you tonight. She did the right thing in favor of Clark?

For years, I've been giving her boyfriends an impossible list
of chores to do. Not to test them.
Clark: To test Lois?
General: Uh-huh. Those poor bastards,
I put them through hell. Lois never said a thing. That's how I knew
she didn't love them.
  

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To do the right thing by someone is to do what is in the best interest of that person. , Mona did the right thing by Bill by telling him that she was in love with Jim rather than stringing him along in the relationship. Country X did the right thing by Country Y by eliminating import taxes on goods from there.

— Sam1947

  • To do the right thing by someone is to do what is in the best interest of that person.
  • , Mona did the right thing by Bill by telling him that she was in love with Jim rather than stringing him along in the relationship.
  • Country X did the right thing by Country Y by eliminating import taxes on goods from there.
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To do the right thing by someone is to do what is in the best interest of that person.

e.g.,

Mona did the right thing by Bill by telling him that she was in love with Jim rather than stringing him along in the relationship.

Country X did the right thing by Country Y by eliminating import taxes on goods from there.
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