Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

do the proper thing

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.67 in modern English

Syllables
do the prop-er thing
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

Inflected Forms

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

Synonyms

Questions

What does do the proper thing mean?
Synonym of do the right thing

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