the least someone can do

idiom

: the smallest or easiest thing that someone can or should do
The least he could do is tell me what happened.

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“The least someone can do.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20least%20someone%20can%20do. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.

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