"do the proper thing" meaning in English

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Verb

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