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▸ verb: To act cruelly in order to achieve a positive outcome in the future.
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▸ verb: To act cruelly in order to achieve a positive outcome in the future.
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do good,
do the decent thing,
make a virtue of necessity,
behave,
make the best of,
behave oneself,
set an example,
play one's cards right,
make it count,
play to,
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