do someone proud

do someone proud
To cause someone to feel pride, admiration, or satisfaction.

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 — 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

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  • 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

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