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He very politely assured her that she would ‘do him proud’, whenever she might please to call at Hook Court.
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do someone proud — (informal) 1. To make someone feel flattered 2. To treat lavishly • • • Main Entry: ↑do do someone proud (informal) 1. To provide lavish entertainment for someone 2. To honour someone, give someone cause for pride • • • … Useful english dictionary
do someone proud — do (someone) proud 1. to treat a visitor or guest very well. Rosemary did us proud with such a lovely lunch. 2. to feel very pleased about someone because they have done something well. Once again, the armed forces have done us proud … New idioms dictionary
do someone proud — informal act in a way that gives someone cause to feel pleased or satisfied. ↘treat or entertain someone very well. → proud … English new terms dictionary
do someone proud — informal to do something good that makes people you are connected with feel proud The team has done the fans proud today … English dictionary
proud — [ praud ] adjective ** 1. ) feeling happy about your achievements, your possessions, or people you are connected with: proud of: We re so proud of her for telling the truth. proud to do something: I m proud to say that we made the right decision … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
proud */*/ — UK [praʊd] / US adjective Word forms proud : adjective proud comparative prouder superlative proudest Metaphor: Being too proud, and thinking that you are better than other people, is like being high up. Being humble is like being low down. I can … English dictionary
proud — /praʊd / (say prowd) adjective 1. feeling pleasure or satisfaction over something conceived as highly honourable or creditable to oneself: proud of her achievements; proud to be Australian; proud that we reached the final. 2. having or cherishing …
proud — adjective 1》 feeling pride or satisfaction in one s own or another s achievements. ↘literary imposing; splendid. 2》 having or showing a high opinion of oneself. ↘conscious of one s own dignity. 3》 slightly projecting from a surface.… … English new terms dictionary
proud — W3S2 [praud] adj comparative prouder superlative proudest ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(pleased)¦ 2 proudest moment/achievement/possession 3¦(too high opinion)¦ 4¦(great self respect)¦ 5 do somebody proud 6¦(impressive)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1100 1200; … Dictionary of contemporary English
Proud as a Peacock — was the advertising campaign used by the NBC television and radio networks from 1979 to 1981. The campaign was used to promote NBC s programming and to introduce the Proud N , a logo that would be used until 1986.The campaignBy 1979, NBC was… … Wikipedia
