do right

idiom

: to do the right thing
You did right to tell the teacher.

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But the locker room of an already losing team isn’t being torn apart by a guy who isn’t playing, much less one as affable and positive as Giannis, who clearly wants to do right by Milwaukee. Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2026 The voting queens mostly do right by the performers. Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2026 As for Arizona, yes, the NHL should do right by them, absolutely. Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2026 What’s the one thing people can do right now to make a difference? The Editors, Outside, 15 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for do right

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“Do right.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/do%20right. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.

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