"do the handsome thing" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: does the handsome thing [present, singular, third-person], doing the handsome thing [participle, present], did the handsome thing [past], done the handsome thing [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|do<does,,did,done> the handsome thing}} do the handsome thing (third-person singular simple present does the handsome thing, present participle doing the handsome thing, simple past did the handsome thing, past participle done the handsome thing)
  1. To act liberally.
    Sense id: en-do_the_handsome_thing-en-verb-oecph9dZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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