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due

 
 
/djuː/ noun

Translation

give sb 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
hakkını vermek/teslim etmek
Joe's a bit slow but, to give him his due, he does work hard.10061007
(Definition of due noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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