Dictionary

do justice en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (idiomatic) To allow to be apprehended in its full scope.
   • And it’s daunting because each segment has to tell a full, complete story in something like six minutes while doing justice to revered source material and including the non-stop laughs and genius gags that characterized The Simpsons in its god-like prime. 2012 April 29, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Treehouse of Horror III” (season 4, episode 5; originally aired 10/29/1992)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
   • It was classified as "all others" under vehicle type […], but that category doesn't do a motorized barstool justice. 2009 March 30, “Newark police cite man for driving drunk after crashing motorized barstool”, in The Advocate, archived from the original on 30 Jun 2013:
2. (idiomatic) To enjoy to the full.
   • […] a magnificent cold supper was awaiting him in the dining-room, where he did full justice to a game pie and a bottle of claret. 1935, Russell Thorndike, The Scarecrow Rides:

Forms

Antonyms

do injustice

Translations (20)

fr faire honneur (enjoy to the full) · sh cjelovito sagledati (allow to be apprehended in its full scope) · de gerecht werden (allow to be apprehended in its full scope) · cmn 深入領悟 /深入领悟 (allow to be apprehended in its full scope) · fr rendre justice (allow to be apprehended in its full scope) · cmn 完全領會 /完全领会 (allow to be apprehended in its full scope) · hu eleget tesz (allow to be apprehended in its full scope) · fi tehdä oikeutta (allow to be apprehended in its full scope) · ru отдать должное (enjoy to the full) · hu jó étvággyal elfogyaszt (enjoy to the full) · fi nauttia täysin siemauksin (enjoy to the full) · cmn 充分領略 /充分领略 (enjoy to the full) · es hacer justicia (allow to be apprehended in its full scope) · it rendere giustizia (allow to be apprehended in its full scope) · cmn 充分理解 (allow to be apprehended in its full scope) · hu igazságot szolgáltat (allow to be apprehended in its full scope) · hu méltányosan jár el (allow to be apprehended in its full scope) · cmn 盡情享受 /尽情享受 (enjoy to the full) · ru отдать должное (allow to be apprehended in its full scope) · cmn 充分享受 (enjoy to the full)