do's

Variant of do

transitive verb did, done, doing

    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

Origin: 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
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