do well by

1. 1.

   treat with respect and consideration

   “children should do well by their parents”

   Broadertreat

Questions about do well by

What does do well by mean?

do well by means "treat with respect and consideration".

Is do well by a common word?

do well by is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.