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[doo; unstressed doo, duh] verb and auxiliary verb, present singular 1st person do, 2nd do or (Archaic) do·est or dost, 3rd does or (Archaic) do·eth or doth, present plural do; past singular 1st person did, 2nd did or (Archaic) didst, 3rd did, past plural did; past participle done; present participle do·ing; noun, plural dos, do's. verb (used with object)
1.
to perform (an act, duty, role, etc.): Do nothing until you hear the bell.
2.
to execute (a piece or amount of work): to do a hauling job.
3.
to accomplish; finish; complete: He has already done his homework.
4.
to put forth; exert: Do your best.
5.
EXPANDto be the cause of (good, harm, credit, etc.); bring about; effect.
6.
to render, give, or pay (homage, justice, etc.).
7.
to deal with, fix, clean, arrange, move, etc., (anything) as the case may require: to do the dishes.
8.
to travel; traverse: We did 30 miles today.
9.
to serve; suffice for: This will do us for the present.
10.
to condone or approve, as by custom or practice: That sort of thing simply isn't done.
11.
to travel at the rate of (a specified speed): He was doing 80 when they arrested him.
12.
to make or prepare: I'll do the salad.
13.
to serve (a term of time) in prison, or, sometimes, in office.
14.
to create, form, or bring into being: She does wonderful oil portraits.
15.
to translate into or change the form or language of: MGM did the book into a movie.
16.
to study or work at or in the field of: I have to do my math tonight.
17.
to explore or travel through as a sightseer: They did Greece in three weeks.
18.
(used with a pronoun, as it or that, or with a general noun, as thing, that refers to a previously mentioned action): You were supposed to write thank-you letters; do it before tomorrow, please.
19.
Informal. to wear out; exhaust; tire: That last set of tennis did me.
20.
Informal. to cheat, trick, or take advantage of: That crooked dealer did him for $500 at poker.
21.
Informal. to attend or participate in: Let's do lunch next week.
22.
COLLAPSESlang. to use (a drug or drugs), especially habitually: The police report said he was doing cocaine.
verb (used without object)
23.
to act or conduct oneself; be in action; behave.
24.
Slang. to rob; steal from: The law got him for doing a lot of banks.
25.
to proceed: to do wisely.
26.
to get along; fare; manage: to do without an automobile.
27.
EXPANDto be in health, as specified: Mother and child are doing fine.
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Do by
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
auxiliary verb
32.
(used in interrogative, negative, and inverted constructions): Do you like music? I don't care. Seldom do we witness such catastrophes.
33.
Archaic. (used in imperatives with you or thou expressed; and occasionally as a metric filler in verse): Do thou hasten to the king's side. The wind did blow, the rain did fall.
34.
(used to lend emphasis to a principal verb): Do visit us!
noun
Verb phrases35.
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
36.
Informal. a hairdo or hair styling.
37.
British Slang. a swindle; hoax.
38.
Chiefly British. a festive social gathering; party.
39.
do by, to deal with; treat: He had always done well by his family.
40.
do for,
a.
to cause the defeat, ruin, or death of.
b.
Chiefly British. to cook and keep house for; manage or provide for.
41.
do in, Informal.
a.
to kill, especially to murder.
b.
to injure gravely or exhaust; wear out; ruin: The tropical climate did them in.
c.
to cheat or swindle: He was done in by an unscrupulous broker.
42.
do over, to redecorate.
43.
EXPANDdo up, Informal.
a.
to wrap and tie up.
b.
to pin up or arrange (the hair).
c.
to renovate; launder; clean.
d.
to wear out; tire.
e.
to fasten: Do up your coat.
f.
to dress: The children were all done up in funny costumes.
44.
do with, to gain advantage or benefit from; make use of: I could do with more leisure time.
45.
COLLAPSEdo without,
a.
to forgo; dispense with.
b.
to dispense with the thing mentioned: The store doesn't have any, so you'll have to do without.
46.
do a number on (someone). number (def. 39).
47.
do away with,
a.
to put an end to; abolish.
b.
to kill.
48.
do one proud. proud (def. 11).
49.
do one's number. number (def. 40).
50.
EXPANDdo one's (own) thing. thing1 (def. 19).
51.
do or die, to make a supreme effort.
52.
do out of, Informal. to swindle; cheat: A furniture store did me out of several hundred dollars.
53.
dos and don'ts, customs, rules, or regulations: The dos and don'ts of polite manners are easy to learn.
54.
do time, Informal. to serve a term in prison: It's hard to get a decent job once you've done time.
55.
do to death. death (def. 15).
56.
have to do with. have (def. 37).
57.
COLLAPSEmake do, to get along with what is at hand, despite its inadequacy: I can't afford a new coat so I have to make do with this one.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English, Old English dōn; cognate with Dutch doen, German tun; akin to Latin -dere to put, facere to make, do, Greek tithénai to set, put, Sanskrit dadhāti (he) puts
before 900; Middle English, Old English dōn; cognate with Dutch doen, German tun; akin to Latin -dere to put, facere to make, do, Greek tithénai to set, put, Sanskrit dadhāti (he) puts
Synonyms
1, 25. act. 3. Do, accomplish, achieve mean to bring some action to a conclusion. Do is the general word: He did a great deal of hard work. Accomplish and achieve both connote successful completion of an undertaking. Accomplish emphasizes attaining a desired goal through effort, skill, and perseverance: to accomplish what one has hoped for. Achieve emphasizes accomplishing something important, excellent, or great: to achieve a major breakthrough.
1, 25. act. 3. Do, accomplish, achieve mean to bring some action to a conclusion. Do is the general word: He did a great deal of hard work. Accomplish and achieve both connote successful completion of an undertaking. Accomplish emphasizes attaining a desired goal through effort, skill, and perseverance: to accomplish what one has hoped for. Achieve emphasizes accomplishing something important, excellent, or great: to achieve a major breakthrough.
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| (intr, preposition) to treat in the manner specified: employers do well by hard working employees | |
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Word Origin & History
do
M.E. do, first person singular of O.E. don "make, act, perform, cause," from W.Gmc. *don, from PIE base *dhe- "to put, place, do, make" (see factitious). Slang meaning "to do the sex act with or to" is from 1913. Third person does was a Northumbrian variant in O.E. that
EXPANDdisplaced doth, doeth 16c.-17c. The pt. did is O.E. dyde, the only remainder in Gmc. of the old linguistic pattern of forming a pt. by reduplication of the stem of the present tense. Far back in Gmc. the equivalent of did was used as a suffix to make the past tenses of other verbs, hence the English -ed suffix (O.E. -de). The pp. done grew out of O.E. pp. gedon, but the only vestige of the prefix is in ado. Use as an auxiliary began in M.E. Periphrastic form in negative sentences ("They did not think") replaced the O.E. negative particles ("Hie ne wendon"). U.S. Southern use of done in phrases like "he done gone to the store" is attested from 1827, according to OED: "a perfective auxiliary or with adverbial force in the sense 'already; completely.' " Slang done for "doomed" is from 1842. Expression do or die is attested from 1620s.
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Slang Dictionary
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Idioms & Phrases
do by
Behave with respect to, treat, as in John was determined to do well by his children. This idiom was first recorded about 1175.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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