to give sb his (or her) due

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• give someone his or her due — idi give someone his or her due a) to treat someone fairly b) to acknowledge someone s unexpectedly positive behavior …   From formal English to slang

• due — dueness, n. /dooh, dyooh/, adj. 1. owed at present; having reached the date for payment: This bill is due. 2. owing or owed, irrespective of whether the time of payment has arrived: This bill is due next month. 3. owing or observed as a moral or… …   Universalium

• due — [[t]du, dyu[/t]] adj. 1) a) owing or owed: This bill is due next month[/ex] b) immediately owed: This bill is due[/ex] 2) owing or observed as a moral or natural right 3) rightful; proper; fitting: in due time[/ex] 4) adequate; sufficient: a due… …   From formal English to slang

• give — v. & n. v. (past gave; past part. given) 1 tr. (also absol.; often foll. by to) transfer the possession of freely; hand over as a present (gave them her old curtains; gives to cancer research). 2 tr. a transfer the ownership of with or without… …   Useful english dictionary

• give the devil his due — {v. phr.} To be fair, even to someone who is bad; tell the truth about a person even though you don t like him, * /I don t like Mr. Jones, but to give the devil his due, I must admit that he is a good teacher./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• give the devil his due — {v. phr.} To be fair, even to someone who is bad; tell the truth about a person even though you don t like him, * /I don t like Mr. Jones, but to give the devil his due, I must admit that he is a good teacher./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• give (someone) (their) due — something that you say when you want to describe someone s good qualities after they have done something wrong or after you have criticized them. She might be bad at writing letters but I ll give her her due, she always phones me at the end of… …   New idioms dictionary

• give — I. verb (gave; given; giving) Etymology: Middle English, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Swedish giva to give; akin to Old English giefan, gifan to give, and perhaps to Latin habēre to have, hold Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. to make… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• due — [[t]dju͟ː, AM du͟ː[/t]] ♦♦ dues 1) PHR PREP: v link PREP n If an event is due to something, it happens or exists as a direct result of that thing. The country s economic problems are largely due to the weakness of the recovery... If the trip is a …   English dictionary

• due — 1 adjective 1 be due to be expected to happen or arrive at a particular time: When is your baby due? | be due at five o clock/thirteen hundred hours etc: The flight from Boston is due at 9:30. | be due in an hour/two days etc: The bus is due any… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• due — due1 [ du ] adjective *** 1. ) never before noun if something is due to happen, it is expected to happen or should happen: due to do something: The case is due to go to court next month. due on/in/at: A new version of the software is due in the… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English