"credit where credit's due" meaning in English

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        "Used to justly praise someone for their achievement or contribution."
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          "word": "give credit where credit is due"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "praise",
          "word": "ere wie ere toekomt"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "praise",
          "word": "kunnia sinne, minne kunnia kuuluu"
        },
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "praise",
          "word": "à tout seigneur tout honneur"
        },
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "praise",
          "word": "rendre à César ce qui est à César"
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          "sense": "praise",
          "word": "Ehre, wem Ehre gebührt"
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "praise",
          "word": "(azt) el kell ismerni"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "praise",
          "word": "(azt) meg kell hagyni"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "praise",
          "word": "ami igaz, az igaz"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "praise",
          "word": "æres den som æres bør"
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          "sense": "praise",
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  "word": "credit where credit's due"
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      "sense": "praise",
      "word": "ere wie ere toekomt"
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      "sense": "praise",
      "word": "kunnia sinne, minne kunnia kuuluu"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "praise",
      "word": "à tout seigneur tout honneur"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "praise",
      "word": "rendre à César ce qui est à César"
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "praise",
      "word": "Ehre, wem Ehre gebührt"
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "praise",
      "word": "(azt) el kell ismerni"
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    {
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      "sense": "praise",
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    {
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      "sense": "praise",
      "word": "ami igaz, az igaz"
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      "sense": "praise",
      "word": "æres den som æres bør"
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  "word": "credit where credit's due"
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