do by

verb

did by; done by; doing by; does by
Synonyms of do bynext

transitive verb

: to deal with : treat
They did pretty well by me when I retired.

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Everything submitted in Spanish must be accompanied by a translation into English that must be done by a person, not an automatic online translator. — Rebecca Santana, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026 Police found another shell casing in the vehicle which was entered into NIBIN and matched up with the kidnapping investigation being done by the Montreal City Police Department, according to the memo. — Mark Morales, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026 Hugging Face caught it, but working out what had been done took more computation than people could do by hand. — Craig S. Smith, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026 The agency estimates about 30% of solo car trips each day could be done by walking, carpool or by some form of public transit. — Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 7 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for do by

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“Do by.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/do%20by. Accessed 13 Aug. 2026.

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