do justice
verb1
Idiomatic To allow to be apprehended in its full scope.
- It was classified as "all others" under vehicle type […], but that category doesn't do a motorized barstool justice.2009 March 30, “Newark police cite man for driving drunk after crashing motorized barstool”, in The Advocate, archived from the original on 30 Jun 2013:
- And it’s daunting because each segment has to tell a full, complete story in something like six minutes while doing justice to revered source material and including the non-stop laughs and genius gags that characterized The Simpsons in its god-like prime.2012 April 29, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Treehouse of Horror III” (season 4, episode 5; originally aired 10/29/1992)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
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Idiomatic To enjoy to the full.
- […] a magnificent cold supper was awaiting him in the dining-room, where he did full justice to a game pie and a bottle of claret.1935, Russell Thorndike, The Scarecrow Rides:
- Antonyms
- do injustice