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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

do the handsome thing

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.20 in modern English

Syllables
do the hand-some thing
IPA
32
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To act liberally.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

does the handsome thing (present, singular) doing the handsome thing (participle, present) did the handsome thing (past) done the handsome thing (participle, past)

Questions

What does do the handsome thing mean?
To act liberally.

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