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do (do̵̅o̅)

transitive verb did, done, doing do′·ing

    1. to execute; effect; perform (an act, action, etc.) do great deeds
    2. to carry out; fulfill do what I tell you
  1. to bring to completion; finish dinner has been done for an hour
  2. to bring about; cause; produce it does no harm; who did this to you?
  3. to exert (efforts, etc.) do your best
  4. to have or take (a meal) let's do lunch
  5. to deal with as is required; attend to do the ironing, do one's nails or hair
  6. to have as one's work or occupation; work at or on what does he do for a living?
  7. to work out; solve do a problem
  8. to produce or appear in (a play, etc.) we did Hamlet
    1. to play the role of I did Polonius
    2. Informal to imitate, or behave characteristically as to do a Houdini
  9. to write or publish (a book), compose (a musical score), etc.
    1. to cover (distance) to do a mile in four minutes
    2. to move along at a speed of to do 60 miles an hour
  10. to visit as a sightseer; tour they did England in two months
  11. to translate to do Horace into English
  12. to give; render to do honor to the dead
  13. to suit; be convenient to this will do me very well
  14. Informal
    1. to prepare; cook that restaurant does ribs really well
    2. to eat let's do Mexican tonight
  15. Informal to cheat; swindle you've been done
  16. Informal to serve (a jail term)
  17. Slang to take; ingest; use we've never done drugs
  18. Slang to perform a sexual act upon; specif., to have sexual intercourse with
  19. Slang to kill

Etymology: ME & OE don, akin to Ger tun, OS duan < IE base *dhē-, to put, place, set > Sans dadhāmi, Gr tithenai, to place, put, L -dere (as in condere, to set down), facere, to do, make

intransitive verb

  1. to act in a specified way; behave he does well when treated well
  2. to be active; work do; don't merely talk
  3. to finish: used in the perfect tense [have done with dreaming]
  4. to get along; fare mother and child are doing well
  5. to be adequate or suitable; serve the purpose the black dress will do
  6. to take place; go on anything doing tonight?
  7. Chiefly Brit., Informal used as a substitute verb after a modal auxiliary or a form of have in a perfect tense I haven't seen the film, but she may have done

auxiliary verb

  1. used to give emphasis, or as a legal convention do stay a while, do hereby enjoin
  2. used to ask a question did you write?
  3. used to serve as part of a negative command or statement do not go, they do not like it
  4. used to serve as a substitute verb love me as I do (love) you
  5. used to form inverted constructions after some adverbs little did he realize

noun pl. do's or dos

  1. Chiefly Brit., Informal a hoax; swindle
  2. Chiefly Brit., Informal a party or social event
  3. Slang excrement; feces dog do
do Idioms

do a deal

Informal to arrange or settle; conclude (a transaction)

do by

to act toward or for

do down

  1. to criticize, belittle, or demean; disparage
  2. to gain advantage over, as by deception

do in

  1. Slang to kill
  2. Informal to tire out; exhaust

do it

Informal to engage in sexual intercourse

do over

Informal to redecorate

do's and don'ts

Informal the things permitted or required and the things forbidden; rules and regulations

do up

  1. Informal to prepare
  2. to wrap up; tie up; fasten
  3. to arrange (the hair) so that it is off the neck and shoulders

do up right

Informal to do carefully or thoroughly

do oneself well

Etymology: modeled on Ger sich gütlich tun

to achieve success for oneself

do with

to make use of; find helpful

do without

to get along without; dispense with

have to do with

  1. to be related to or connected with
  2. to be associated with; deal with
do2 definition

do ()

noun

Music a syllable representing the first or last tone of the diatonic scale

Etymology: It (< dominus, first word of a Latin hymn): used instead of earlier ut: see gamut

do3 definition

do (do̵̅o̅)

noun

Slang hairdo
Do definition

Do or do

ditto
DO definition

DO or D.O.

Doctor of Osteopathy

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do Usage Examples

Used with why or when

  • whenever: This it does whenever it induces in its possessor the belief that he cannot be checked by any existing larger accumulation of power.

Adjective complement

  • next: They will also discuss what the Government should do next.

Modifying Another Word

  • n't: Staples: Oh, Bobby, don't tell me you got the blues.

Used with why or when

  • what: I think: " Just let the HIV do what 's it going to do.

Infinitive complement

  • help: Intercessory prayer is one of the most human and holy things we can do to help the sick and vulnerable.
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do quotes

   That thou doest, do quickly.

-Bible (NewTestament)

Liberty's in every blow! Let us do or die!

-Burns, Robert

   Whatever was required to be done, the Circumlocution Office was beforehand with all the public departments in the art of perceivingöHOW NOT TO DO IT.

-Dickens, CharlesJohn Huffam

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