do justice to

idiom

: to treat or show (something or someone) in a way that is as good as it should be

Words could never do justice to her beauty.

The movie does not do justice to the book.

a brief summary that does not do justice to the complexity of this issue

Examples of do justice to in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Somehow, the Eagles' average yards per carry (4.0) through nine games being down nearly a full yard from last year (4.9 ypc) doesn't quite do justice to how much less effective this rushing attack has been. —Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Nov. 2025

And the final score doesn’t really do justice to the mess. —Alec Lewis, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025

The Globes have grappled with how to do justice to these two awards on a show that is already packed with prizes for both film and television. —Paul Grein, Billboard, 18 Sep. 2025

Somehow, Flanagan needed to make his adaptation of Doctor Sleep, King's 2013 sequel to the 1977 novel, do justice to both the author's book and Kubrick's celebrated film. —James Grebey, Time, 12 Sep. 2025

Rhymes for do justice to

• accrue
• ado
• ainu
• aircrew
• airscrew
• anew
• askew
• baboo
• babu
• bamboo
• beaucoup
• bijou