do the decent thing (English, verb)
expansion: do the decent thing (third-person singular simple present does the decent thing, present participle doing the decent thing, simple past did the decent thing, past participle done the decent thing)
Senses:
glosses: To take the most honourable or appropriate course of action, even if is not necessarily in the person's own interests.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: does the decent thing
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: doing the decent thing
tags: participle
present
form: did the decent thing
tags: past
form: done the decent thing
tags: participle
past