English Dictionary

do someone proud

verb

(transitive, informal) To cause someone to feel pride, admiration, or satisfaction. / (transitive, dated) To treat someone extremely well; to honor with a generous contribution.

I hope I can do my parents proud by graduating with honors.

意味（1）

(transitive, informal) To cause someone to feel pride, admiration, or satisfaction.

He very politely assured her that she would ‘do him proud’, whenever she might please to call at Hook Court.

意味（2）

(transitive, dated) To treat someone extremely well; to honor with a generous contribution.

Fortune did them proud, for by the time they got to Wilmington, gold had risen to such heights in Confederate currency that their salaries dwarfed those paid to Southerners doing the same work.