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do-si-do

  [doh-see-doh] noun, plural -dos, verb, -doed, -do⋅ing.
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–noun
1. a figure in square-dancing, in which two persons advance, pass around each other back to back, and return to their places.
–verb (used with object)
2. to dance this figure around (one's partner).
–verb (used without object)
3. to execute a do-si-do.
Origin:
see dos-À-dos
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do-si-do   (dō'sē-dō')   
n.   pl. do-si-dos

  1. A movement in square dancing in which two dancers approach each other and circle back to back, then return to their original positions.

  2. The call given to signal such a movement.


[Alteration of French dos à dos, back to back : dos, back (from Old French; see dossier) + à, to; see black-a-vised.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

do-si-do 
1929, from Fr. dos-à-dos "back to back."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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