befit

/bɪˈfɪt/ verb [T] (present participle befitting, past tense and past participle befitted) formal

Translation

› to be suitable or right for someone or something

birisi veya bir şey için doğru ya da uygun olmak

He was given a huge welcome, as befits such a hero.1890

(Definition of befit verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

to not be trusted or popular because people think you have done something bad

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