delight by
delight (someone) by (doing something)
To please someone by doing something. My husband delighted me by throwing a surprise party for my birthday. My roommate delighted me by doing the dishes for a change. I hope to delight the boss by filing all this paperwork before she even asks.
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delight someone by something
to please someone with something; to please someone by doing something. (See also
delight someone with something.)
You delighted me by agreeing to join us. I was delighted by your proposal.McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
References in classic literature
Emotional delight is more filling and lasting than intellectual delight; and, besides, you pay for your moments of intellectual
delight by having the blues.
It was greeted with
delight by the greatest poets of France, Germany, and Italy, and was soon translated into many languages.
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