do right

phrase

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

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The league would do right to purposefully promote Wilson, who has won three WNBA titles, four league MVPs and two Olympic gold medals, as much as featuring Clark as the face of the league. — Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026 The breakup followed reports of turmoil between the two, many of them detailing how the couple was trying to work through things and do right by their 7-month-old daughter. — Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 1 Aug. 2026 The most useful thing CIOs and tech leaders can do right now is ignore most of it and study the patterns that work in reality to build the systems best suited for their teams. — Bernard Aceituno, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026 Trump pledged to do right by farmers, who had already been buffeted by his erratic tariff regime and Chinese retaliation. — Idrees Kahloon, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2026 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 1 Sep. 2026.

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