do someone proud
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Informal To cause someone to feel pride, admiration, or satisfaction.
- He very politely assured her that she would ‘do him proud’, whenever she might please to call at Hook Court.1867, Anthony Trollope, chapter 75, in The Last Chronicle of Barset:
- "Well, honest to God, it does me proud to meet you," he blurted out. "Shake hands."1913, Jack London, chapter 7, in The Valley of the Moon:
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- I was absolutely delighted with the way we competed and the players did me proud.2008 May 13, “Calderwood praises character”, in www.sportinglife.com, UK, retrieved 18 Jun 2008:
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Dated To treat someone extremely well; to honor with a generous contribution.
- Fortune did them proud, for by the time they got to Wilmington, gold had risen to such heights in Confederate currency that their salaries dwarfed those paid to Southerners doing the same work.1994, Frank E. Vandiver, Ploughshares Into Swords: Josiah Gorgas and Confederate Ordnance:
- We are all in rags now but we did him proud. Wish he could be here to see it all.2009, Sheila Hancock -, The Two of Us: My Life with John Thaw:
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- The Misses March did me proud. They'd really gone to town and made all the party food that they thought someone my age would like2009, Terry Wheeler, The Padnell Prowler, page 107: