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do the right thing
choose the fair or kind action
If you do the right thing, you choose the action that is fair, honest, or kind in a situation.
Hear it in real life
Did you report the mistake?
Yes, I thought it was the right thing to do.
Telling her the truth was difficult, but I knew I had to do the right thing.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I made the right thing.
Say: I did the right thing.
Use “do,” not “make,” with this fixed expression.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
do the right thing; did the right thing
Your turn: say it out loud
Telling her the truth was difficult, but I knew I had to do the right thing.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
do the right thing
choose the fair or kind action
“Telling her the truth was difficult, but I knew I had to do the right thing.”
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