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do verb [ duː ]

• perform (an action, the precise nature of which is often unspecified).
• "very little work has been done in this field"
Similar: carry out, undertake, discharge, execute, perpetrate, perform, accomplish, implement, achieve, complete, finish, conclude, bring about, engineer, effect, realize, pull off, effectuate,
• achieve or complete.
• "I never really got the chance to finish school or do my exams"
• act or behave in a specified way.
• "they are free to do as they please"
Similar: act, behave, conduct oneself, acquit oneself, comport oneself, deport oneself,
• be suitable or acceptable.
• "if he's anything like you, he'll do"
Similar: suffice, be adequate, be satisfactory, be acceptable, be good enough, be of use, fill the bill, fit the bill, answer the purpose, serve the purpose, meet one's needs, pass muster, be enough, be sufficient, make the grade, cut the mustard, be up to snuff,
• beat up or kill.
• "one day I'll do him"

do verb

• used before a verb (except be, can, may, ought, shall, will ) in questions and negative statements.
• "do you have any pets?"
• used to refer back to a verb already mentioned.
• "he looks better than he did before"
• used to give emphasis to a positive verb.
• "I do want to act on this"
• used with inversion of a subject and verb when an adverbial phrase begins a clause for emphasis.
• "only rarely did they succumb"

do noun

• a party or other social event.
• "the soccer club Christmas do"
Similar: party, reception, gathering, celebration, function, affair, event, social event, social occasion, social function, social, soirée, jump-up, simcha, levee, bash, blowout, rave, shindig, shindy, shebang, junket, rave-up, thrash, knees-up, jolly, beanfeast, bunfight, beano, shivoo, rage, jollo, jol, ding-dong,
• short for hairdo.
• "a bowl-shaped do of perfect silky hair"
• excrement.
• "the air was rancid with the smell of donkey doo"
• a swindle or hoax.
Origin: Old English dōn, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch doen and German tun, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek tithēmi ‘I place’ and Latin facere ‘make, do’.

do noun

• variant spelling of doh1.

do. abbreviation

• ditto.

doh noun

• (in tonic sol-fa) the first and eighth note of a major scale.
Origin: mid 18th century: from Italian do, an arbitrarily chosen syllable replacing ut, taken from a Latin hymn (see solmization).

be nothing to do with

• be no business or concern of.
"it's my decision—it's nothing to do with you"

be to do with

• be concerned or connected with.
"the problems are usually to do with family tension"

can't be doing with

• be unwilling to tolerate or be bothered with.
"she couldn't be doing with meals for one"

do a —

• behave in a manner characteristic of (a specified person).
"he did a Garbo after his flop in the play"

don't — me

• do not use the word — to me.
"‘Don't morning me. Where the hell've you been all night?’"

do nothing for

• not enhance the appearance or quality of.
"that scarf does nothing for you"

do one

• go away.
"look, just do one, will you!"

do or die

• persist, even if death is the result.
"a grim determination to do or die"

dos and don'ts

• rules of behaviour.
"I have no knowledge of the political dos and don'ts"

do something for

• enhance the appearance or quality of.
"whatever the new forum does for industry, it certainly does something for the Minister"

do well for oneself

• become successful or wealthy.
"her friend had done well for herself since she'd moved to London"

do well out of

• make a profit out of; benefit from.
"they're doing well out of scrap metal"

have — to do with

• be connected with (someone or something) to the extent specified.
"John's got nothing to do with that terrible murder"

it isn't done

• used to express the opinion that a particular thing contravenes custom or propriety.
"in such a society it is not done to admit to taking religion seriously"

it won't do

• used to express the opinion that a particular person's behaviour is unsatisfactory and cannot be allowed to continue.
"Can't have that kind of talk—I've told you before, it won't do"

no you don't!

• used to indicate that one intends to prevent someone from doing what they were about to do.
"Sharon went to get in the taxi. ‘Oh no you don't’, said Steve"

that does it!

• used to indicate that one will not tolerate a particular thing any longer.
"That does it! Let's go!"

that's done it!

• used to express dismay or anger when something has gone wrong.

do away with

• remove or put an end to something.
"some airlines have done away with reclining seats"

do by

• treat or deal with someone in a specified way.
"he slipped away almost unnoticed, leaving Matt feeling that somehow they had done badly by the old man"

do down

• get the better of someone, typically in an underhand way.
"if you're a manager trying to do down a colleague, the best way to do it is to flood them with data"

do for

• defeat, ruin, or kill someone or something.
"without that contract we're done for"

do in

• kill someone.
"oh my God, she's done him in"

do out

• decorate or furnish a room or building in a particular style, colour, or material.
"the basement is done out in limed oak"

do out of

• deprive someone of something in an underhand or unfair way.
"she was always chasing him about money, as if he was trying to do her out of her share"

do over

• beat someone up.
"let's do them over and dump them somewhere"

do up

• fasten something.
"Kate did up her jacket"

do with

• would find something useful or would like to have or do something.
"I could do with a cup of coffee"

do without

• manage without something.
"I could do without food for a day"

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