do right by | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic,transitive)Totreat,deal with, or act toward (someone) in amorallyjust,sociallyhonorablefashion.I know her new husband is a good man and wants todo right byour family.Hey man, did you finish that transaction with my cousin? Youdo right byhim?1964,Harry S. Truman, 3:01 from the start, inMP2002-77 Former President Truman Discusses Bigotry in the United States‎[1],Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum,National Archives Identifier:595162:The American people, as a whole, know what's right; they know what's wrong, and they act on what's right and what's wrong. And in the long run, this equal rights thing will become a part of the custom of the United States as well as the law. No use putting a thing into the law if the people are not for it. And most of the American people, I think the vast majority of them, want todowhat'sright bywhole population.2009August 17,Barack Obama, to the convention of theVeterans of Foreign Wars, Phoenix, Arizona,transcriptWe willdo right byour troops and taxpayers, and we will build the 21st Century military that we need.…We are not going to abandon these American heroes. We are going todo right bythem.

Examples:

EN: "I'm goin' to do right by our Nell!
ES: "¡Voy a hacer lo correcto por nuestra Nell!
EN: Well, of course, son, it was just a show... but we meant to do right by you.
ES: Bueno, hijo, no era más que un espectáculo. Pero no era nada en contra tuya.
EN: All I want to know. Is he going to do right by you? I can only hope so.
ES: Sólo quiero asegurarme de que tratará bien a mi pequeña.
EN: He, he wants to do right by both of us.
ES: Quiere quedar bien con las dos.
EN: A lot is expected of us, and we have so much to do. Just by making the decision to sacrifice ourselves we can do right by Mexico.
ES: Se espera tanto de nosotros, y tenemos tanto que hacer, que solamente haciéndonos la decisión de ir hasta el sacrificio podremos cumplir con México.
EN: - Did I do right by you?
ES: - ¿Lo hice bien?
EN: I'm going to give you a three-day pass, so that you can go to this girl and do right by her.
ES: Te voy a dar un pase de tres dias, de modo que puedas ir a esta chica y hacer las cosas correctas con ella.
EN: - You don't do right by me.
ES: No te portas bien conmigo.
EN: # Love # # You didn't do right by me #
ES: Amor, me hiciste mal
ES: Amor, me hiciste mal
ES: Amor, me hiciste mal
EN: # Oh, love # # You didn't do right by me #
ES: Oh, mi amor, me hiciste mal
EN: That's exactly why the boss is trying to do right by him now.
ES: Es por eso precisamente que el jefe está intentando hacer lo correcto por él ahora.
EN: Well, I'll do right by her.
ES: ¿Qué espera de ti?
EN: We all like Mr. Cates very much, and we hope you do right by him.
ES: Apreciamos mucho al Sr. Cates y esperamos que pueda ayudarlo.
EN: Now, in order to do right by this little authentic slice of life, we've gone out and bribed a few natives.
ES: Ahora, para hacer lo correcto por este pequeño trozo de vida auténtico, salimos y sobornamos a algunos nativos.
EN: ♪ She ought to think twice, she ought to do right by me
ES: Debe hacer lo que yo creo es correcto.

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