to do one right
Preserved but no longer current.
Meaning · English
To be perfectly fair to hin% to do him justice. King Charles, and who'll do him right now? BROWNING: Cavalier Tunes.
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “to do one right” mean?
To be perfectly fair to hin% to do him justice. King Charles, and who'll do him right now? BROWNING: Cavalier Tunes.
Is “to do one right” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.