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Idiom

do someone like that

Meaning

to treat someone in a negative manner

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“I cannot believe you did me like that.”

“He lied about the project deadline, and I am hurt that he would do me like that.”

“After years of loyal friendship, it was profoundly disheartening to realize that she would do me like that without a second thought.”

Examples

simple

“I cannot believe you did me like that.”

contextual

“He lied about the project deadline, and I am hurt that he would do me like that.”

complex

“After years of loyal friendship, it was profoundly disheartening to realize that she would do me like that without a second thought.”

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