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do
1[ doo; unstressed doo, duh ]
verb (used with object)
- to perform (an act, duty, role, etc.):
Do nothing until you hear the bell.
Synonyms: act
- to execute (a piece or amount of work):
to do a hauling job.
- to accomplish; finish; complete:
He has already done his homework.
- to put forth; exert:
Do your best.
- to be the cause of (good, harm, credit, etc.); bring about; effect.
- to render, give, or pay (homage, justice, etc.).
- to deal with, fix, clean, arrange, move, etc., (anything) as the case may require:
to do the dishes.
- to travel; traverse:
We did 30 miles today.
- to serve; suffice for:
This will do us for the present.
- to condone or approve, as by custom or practice:
That sort of thing simply isn't done.
- to travel at the rate of (a specified speed):
He was doing 80 when they arrested him.
- to make or prepare:
I'll do the salad.
- to serve (a term of time) in prison, or, sometimes, in office.
- to create, form, or bring into being:
She does wonderful oil portraits.
- to translate into or change the form or language of:
MGM did the book into a movie.
- to study or work at or in the field of:
I have to do my math tonight.
- to explore or travel through as a sightseer:
They did Greece in three weeks.
- (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.
- Informal. to wear out; exhaust; tire:
That last set of tennis did me.
- Informal. to cheat, trick, or take advantage of:
That crooked dealer did him for $500 at poker.
- Informal. to attend or participate in:
Let's do lunch next week.
- Slang. to use (a drug or drugs), especially habitually:
The police report said he was doing cocaine.
- Slang. to rob; steal from:
The law got him for doing a lot of banks.
- Slang: Vulgar. to have sex with.
- Informal. (usually in the negative) to act in accordance with expectations associated with (something specified):
Just ignore her insults—she doesn’t do polite.
verb (used without object)
- to act or conduct oneself; be in action; behave.
- to proceed:
to do wisely.
- to get along; fare; manage:
to do without an automobile.
- to be in health, as specified:
Mother and child are doing fine.
- to serve or be satisfactory, as for the purpose; be enough; suffice:
Will this do?
- to finish or be finished.
- to happen; take place; transpire:
What's doing at the office?
- (used as a substitute to avoid repetition of a verb or full verb expression):
I think as you do.
auxiliary verb
- (used in interrogative, negative, and inverted constructions):
Do you like music? I don't care. Seldom do we witness such catastrophes.
- 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.
- (used to lend emphasis to a principal verb):
Do visit us!
noun
- Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- Informal. a hairdo or hair styling.
- British Slang. a swindle; hoax.
- Informal. a festive social gathering; party.
verb phrase
- to forgo; dispense with.
- to dispense with the thing mentioned:
The store doesn't have any, so you'll have to do without.
- Informal.
- to kill, especially to murder.
- to injure gravely or exhaust; wear out; ruin:
The tropical climate did them in.
- to cheat or swindle:
He was done in by an unscrupulous broker.
- Informal.
- to wrap and tie up.
- to pin up or arrange (the hair).
- to renovate; launder; clean.
- to wear out; tire.
- to fasten:
Do up your coat.
- to dress:
The children were all done up in funny costumes.
- to cause the defeat, ruin, or death of.
- Chiefly British. to cook and keep house for; manage or provide for.
- to redecorate.
- to gain advantage or benefit from; make use of:
I could do with more leisure time.
- to deal with; treat:
He had always done well by his family.
do
2[ doh ]
noun
- the syllable used for the first tone or keynote of a diatonic scale.
- (in the fixed system of solmization) the tone C. Compare sol-fa ( def 1 ), ut.
do.
3abbreviation for
- ditto.
D/O
4- delivery order.
D.O.
5abbreviation for
- direct object. Also d.o.
- Doctor of Optometry.
- Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine.
do.
1abbreviation for
- ditto
D/O
2abbreviation for
- delivery order
DO
3abbreviation for
- Doctor of Optometry
- Doctor of Osteopathy
do
4/ duː; də; dʊ /
verb
- to perform or complete (a deed or action)
to do a portrait
the work is done
- oftenintr; foll by for to serve the needs of; be suitable for (a person, situation, etc); suffice
there isn't much food, but it'll do for the two of us
- tr to arrange or fix
you should do the garden now
- tr to prepare or provide; serve
this restaurant doesn't do lunch on Sundays
- tr to make tidy, elegant, ready, etc, as by arranging or adorning
to do one's hair
- tr to improve (esp in the phrase do something to or for )
- tr to find an answer to (a problem or puzzle)
- tr to translate or adapt the form or language of
the book was done into a play
- intr to conduct oneself
do as you please
- intr to fare or manage
how are you doing these days?
- tr to cause or produce
complaints do nothing to help
- tr to give or render
do me a favour
your portrait doesn't do you justice
- tr to work at, esp as a course of study or a profession
he is doing chemistry
what do you do for a living?
- tr to perform (a play, etc); act
they are doing ``Hamlet'' next week
- tr to travel at a specified speed, esp as a maximum
this car will do 120 mph
- tr to travel or traverse (a distance)
we did 15 miles on our walk
- takes an infinitive without to used as an auxiliary before the subject of an interrogative sentence as a way of forming a question
when did John go out?
do you agree?
- takes an infinitive without to used as an auxiliary to intensify positive statements and commands
I do like your new house
do hurry!
- takes an infinitive without to used as an auxiliary before a negative adverb to form negative statements or commands
do not leave me here alone!
he does not like cheese
- takes an infinitive without to used as an auxiliary in inverted constructions
little did he realize that
only rarely does he come in before ten o'clock
- used as an auxiliary to replace an earlier verb or verb phrase to avoid repetition
he likes you as much as I do
- informal.tr to visit or explore as a sightseer or tourist
to do Westminster Abbey
- tr to wear out; exhaust
- intr to happen (esp in the phrase nothing doing )
- slang.tr to serve (a period of time) as a prison sentence
he's doing time
he's doing three years for burglary
- informal.tr to cheat or swindle
- slang.tr to rob
they did three shops last night
- slang.tr
- to arrest
- to convict of a crime
- informal.tr to lose or spend (money) completely
- slang.tr to treat violently; assault
- slang.tr to take or use (a drug)
- taboo.tr (of a male) to have sexual intercourse with
- tr to partake in (a meal)
let's do lunch
- do or do a informal.to act like; imitate
he's a good mimic – he can do all his friends well
- do or dieto make a final or supreme effort
- how do you do?a conventional formula when being introduced
- make doto manage with whatever is available
noun
- slang.an act or instance of cheating or swindling
- informal.a formal or festive gathering; party
- do's and don'ts informal.those things that should or should not be done; rules
do
5/ dəʊ /
noun
- a variant spelling of doh 1
do
6the internet domain name for
- Dominican Republic
Word History and Origins
Origin of do1
Word History and Origins
Origin of do1
Idioms and Phrases
- do away with,
- to put an end to; abolish.
- to kill.
- do or die, to make a supreme effort.
- do out of, Informal. to swindle; cheat:
A furniture store did me out of several hundred dollars.
- do time, Informal. to serve a term in prison:
It's hard to get a decent job once you've done time.
- dos and don'ts, customs, rules, or regulations:
The dos and don'ts of polite manners are easy to learn.
- make 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.
- do a number on (someone). number ( def 38 ).
- do one proud. proud ( def 11 ).
- do one's (own) thing. thing 1( def 22 ).
- do one's number. number ( def 39 ).
- do to death. death ( def 16 ).
- have to do with. have ( def 37 ).
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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