Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

do the right thing

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.46 in modern English

Syllables: do the right thing
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To do what is ethical or just.

Example Sentences

"There was a lot of money in the wallet I found, but I did the right thing and handed it in."
"In the dispute with the RMT about scanning tickets, Jackson said it was the right thing to do to pay conductors something to scan tickets. Northern pays two pence per scan, Jackson noted, adding that ticket scanning helps to cut fraud and increase staff visibility."

Inflected Forms

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

Phrases

do the needful high road

Frequently Paired Words

do the needful high road

Synonyms

do the decent thing do the honorable thing do the proper thing

Questions

What does do the right thing mean?: To do what is ethical or just.

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