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English verb: do by | |||
| 1. | do by (social) interact in a certain way | ||
| Samples | Do right by her. Treat him with caution, please. Handle the press reporters gently. | ||
| Synonyms | handle, treat | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s something Adjective/Noun. Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | interact | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | abuse, baby, bemock, brutalise, brutalize, cocker, coddle, cosset, criminalize, cut, disregard, do well by, featherbed, gloss over, handle with kid gloves, ignore, ill-treat, ill-use, indulge, maltreat, mistreat, mock, mollycoddle, nurse, pamper, ride roughshod, rough-house, run roughshod, skate over, skimp over, slur over, smooth over, snub, spoil, step, strong-arm, upstage, wrong | ||
| Verb group | address, cover, deal, handle, plow, treat, treat | ||
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