do someone wrong
did someone wrongdone someone wrong
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Definition of do someone wrong - Reverso English Dictionary

Verbal expression

ethicstreat someone unfairly or betray their trust
  • He did her wrong by lying to her.
  • They did me wrong by breaking their promise.
  • She felt he did her wrong by spreading rumors.
betray
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Expressions with someone

someone's headachen.
pain in the head
Her severe headache kept her from attending the meeting.
someone upstairsn.
person living in the apartment above
The woman upstairs plays loud music every night.
someone's typen.
kind of person someone is attracted to
He realized she was definitely not his type.
at someone's dooradv.
physically close to someone's location
The delivery is at your door.
at someone's feetadv.
very close to someone
The dog sat at her feet, waiting for a treat.
break someone's neckv.
cause serious injury to someone's neck by force
The villain tried to break the hero's neck during the fight.

Expressions with wrong

wrong footn.
foot that is not correct or intended
He put his shoe on the wrong foot.
wrong pipen.
situation where food enters the trachea causing coughing
She started coughing because the water went down the wrong pipe.
get it all wrongv.
misunderstand something completely or incorrectly
He got it all wrong about the meeting time.
in the wrongadj.
responsible for a mistake or wrongdoing
She was clearly in the wrong for breaking the vase.
tell right from wrongv.
distinguish between morally correct and incorrect actions
She learned to tell right from wrong at a young age.
the wrong trackn.
mistaken or incorrect path
He realized he was on the wrong track after seeing the signs.
the wrong wayadv.
in an incorrect direction or path
He drove the wrong way on the highway.
what is wrong with youexp.
asking about someone's health or feelings
You look upset, what is wrong with you?
wrong way aroundadv.
in an incorrect orientation or order
He wore his shirt the wrong way around.
be dead wrongv.
be completely incorrect
He was dead wrong about the results of the experiment.

Terms related to do someone wrong

💡 Terms in the same lexical field: analogies, antonyms, common collocates, words with same roots, hypernyms…
wrongdoingwrongfulwrongfullyabusecheatdeceiveharmhurtmisleadoffendviolate

Terms with do someone wrong included in their meaning

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temptv.
entice
provoke someone to do something wrong or unwise
bad influencen.
person
someone who encourages others to do wrong things
thought one hung the moonexp.
perfection
to believe someone is perfect and cannot do wrong
lead into temptationv.
morality
entice someone to do something wrong
trespass againstv.
wrong someone
do wrong or sin against someone
abettorn.
wrongdoing
person who helps someone do something wrong
misguidev.
lead astray
cause someone to believe or do something wrong
suborningadj.
wrongdoing
encouraging someone to do something wrong

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  1. French:faire du tort, ...
  2. German:jemandem Unrecht tun, ...
  3. Italian:fare un torto a qualcuno, ...
  4. Spanish:hacer daño, ...
  5. Portuguese:trair a confiança, ...
  6. Chinese:对某人不公, ...
  7. Japanese:ひどいことをする, ...
  8. Arabic:ظَلَمَ, ...
  9. Hebrew:לַעֲשׂוֹת עָוֶל לְמִישֶׁהוּ, ...
  10. Russian:поступить плохо, ...
  11. Ukrainian:вчинити підло, ...
  12. Hindi:अन्याय करना, ...

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