do all right by (one)
do all right by (one)
To treat one favorably and respectfully. I need to put aside my work stress and remember that my true goal in life is to do all right by you and the kids.
See also: all, by, right
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
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: by, somehow
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- do somehow by
- do well by (one)
- do well by somebody
- see (one) right
- see someone right
- stand well with
- stand well with (one)
- in (one's) good books
- in someone's good books
- be put to it