do by

verb

interact in a certain way (Freq. 1)

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Do right by her

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Treat him with caution, please

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Handle the press reporters gently

• Syn: ↑treat, ↑handle

• Hypernyms: ↑interact

• Hyponyms:

↑mock, ↑bemock, ↑ignore, ↑disregard, ↑snub, ↑cut, ↑wrong, ↑handle with kid gloves, ↑criminalize, ↑nurse, ↑strong-arm, ↑ride roughshod, ↑run roughshod, ↑upstage, ↑rough-house, ↑brutalize, ↑brutalise, ↑do well by, ↑gloss over, ↑skate over, ↑smooth over, ↑slur over, ↑skimp over, ↑mistreat, ↑maltreat, ↑abuse, ↑ill-use, ↑step, ↑ill-treat, ↑pamper, ↑featherbed, ↑cosset, ↑cocker, ↑baby, ↑coddle, ↑mollycoddle, ↑spoil, ↑indulge

• Verb Group: ↑cover, ↑treat, ↑handle, ↑plow, ↑deal, ↑address

• Verb Frames:

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Something ——s something Adjective/Noun

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Somebody ——s something

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Somebody ——s somebody

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phrasal

: to deal with : treat

publishers always do handsomely by the nursery set — Katharine T. Kinkead

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do by

To act towards

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Main Entry: ↑do

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dated treat or deal with in a specified way

do as you would be done by | she did well by them

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do by [phrasal verb]

do by (someone) : to deal with or treat (someone) well or badly

She feels that they did poorly/badly by her. [=that they treated her poorly/badly]

They did pretty well by me when I retired. [=they treated me pretty well when I retired]

— see also hard done by at ↑hard, 2

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Main Entry: ↑do