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do somehow by

do somehow by someone

to treat someone in a particular manner. (Do not confuse this with a passive construction. The someone is not the actor but the object.) Tom did all right by Ann when he brought her red roses. I did badly by Tom. I fired him without good reason.
See also: somehow

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Bonitabə-NEE-təEnglish
Shad (2)SHADEnglish
Field[fi:ld]
Harisha-Hinduism
XerxesZURK-seez (English)History
ColeKOLEnglish
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