do by

British  

verb

1. (intr, preposition) to treat in the manner specified

   employers do well by hard working employees

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do by Idioms  

1. Behave with respect to, treat, as in John was determined to do well by his children. This idiom was first recorded about 1175.

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Example Sentences

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do by

Rogers is looking to sell a minority interest in the consolidated asset, which it expects to do by the first half of next year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

The Clippers contend they did nothing different than numerous other teams across the sports landscape do by introducing a player to a potential sponsor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026

I recently wrote a piece asking whether I’m becoming obsolete, as a portfolio manager and a professor, since machines can now do so much of what I used to do by hand.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026

No, the analogy can’t take us that far; there are no ingredients here, just a calculation you could, in principle, do by hand.

From Slate ● May 25, 2026

Pages later—hearing and exposed—Whitman starts to write about all the travel he can do by imagining, and lists all the places he can visit while loafing on the grass.

From "Paper Towns" by John Green

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