Translations for „do by“ in the English » German Dictionary

do by VB intr

to do badly/well by sb form

jdn schlecht/gut behandeln

to be hard done by

vom Schicksal stiefmütterlich behandelt werden

Phrases:

do as you would be done by Brit saying

was du nicht willst, das man dir tut, das füg auch keinem andern zu prov

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to do sth by hand product

etw von Hand fertigen

to do right by sb

sich acc jdm gegenüber anständig [o. korrekt] verhalten

to do sth by return Brit

etw sofort tun

to do sth by proxy

etw in Vertretung tun

to do sth by design

etw mit Absicht tun

to do sth by lamplight

etw bei Lampenlicht tun

to do one's duty by sb

jdm gegenüber seine Pflicht erfüllen [o. tun]

what do you mean by that?

was soll das heißen?

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to not do things by halves

keine halben Sachen machen inf

to do sth by return mail

etw postwendend [o. umgehend] tun

to do sth by the book

etw nach Vorschrift machen

to do sth by inches

etw ganz allmählich tun

to do sth by one's own leave dated

etw tun, ohne überhaupt zu fragen

to do sth by fits and starts

etw stoßweise tun

to do sth by trial and error

etw durch Versuch und Irrtum ausprobieren

do as you would be done by Brit saying

was du nicht willst, das man dir tut, das füg auch keinem andern zu prov

to do badly/well by sb form

jdn schlecht/gut behandeln

to do sth in turn [or by turns]

etw abwechselnd tun

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Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

In the first place, the directors did just what they were authorized to do by the memorandum of association.

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Most songs just arrive the way they do by accident, and its certainly not particularly contrived.

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Living in the canyons, they travel great vertical distances, which they often do by running nonstop for hours.

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