"do somebody wrong" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: does somebody wrong [present, singular, third-person], doing somebody wrong [participle, present], did somebody wrong [past], done somebody wrong [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|do<does,,did,done> somebody wrong}} do somebody wrong (third-person singular simple present does somebody wrong, present participle doing somebody wrong, simple past did somebody wrong, past participle done somebody wrong)
  1. (idiomatic, informal) to treat someone badly or unfairly Tags: idiomatic, informal
    Sense id: en-do_somebody_wrong-en-verb-MfWgko0w Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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