"do the honorable thing" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: does the honorable thing [present, singular, third-person], doing the honorable thing [participle, present], did the honorable thing [past], done the honorable thing [participle, past], do the honourable thing [alternative, UK]
Head templates: {{en-verb|<does,,did,done>}} do the honorable thing (third-person singular simple present does the honorable thing, present participle doing the honorable thing, simple past did the honorable thing, past participle done the honorable thing)
  1. Synonym of do the right thing Synonyms: do the right thing [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-do_the_honorable_thing-en-verb-Va4RwZon Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Alternative forms

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