do
doō
verb ( does
dəz
; past did
did
; past part. done
dən
1 [ trans. ] perform (an action, the precise nature of which is often unspecified) : something must be done about the city's traffic
she knew what she was doing
what can I do for you?
Brian was making eyes at the girl, and had been doing so for most of the hearing.
• perform (a particular task) : Dad always did the cooking on Sundays.
• work on (something) to bring it to completion or to a required state : it takes them longer to do their hair than me
she's the secretary and does the publicity.
• make or have available and provide : he's doing bistro food
many hotels don't do single rooms at all
[with two objs. ] he decided to do her a favor.
• solve; work out : Joe was doing sums aloud.
• cook (food) to completion or to a specified degree : if a knife inserted into the center comes out clean, then your pie is done.
• (often in questions) work at for a living : what does she do?
• produce or give a performance of (a particular play, opera, etc.) : the Royal Shakespeare Company is doing Macbeth next month.
• perform (a particular role, song, etc.) or imitate (a particular person) in order to entertain people : he not only does Schwarzenegger and Groucho, he becomes them.
• informal take (a narcotic drug) : he doesn't smoke, drink, or do drugs.
• attend to (someone) : the barber said he'd do me next.
• vulgar slang have sexual intercourse with.
• ( do it) informal have sexual intercourse.
• ( do it) informal urinate; defecate.
2 [ trans. ] achieve or complete, in particular
• travel (a specified distance) : one car I looked at had done 112,000 miles.
• travel at (a specified speed) : I was speeding, doing seventy-five.
• make (a particular journey) : last time I did New York–Philadelphia round trip by train it was over 80 bucks.
• achieve (a specified sales figure) : our best-selling album did about a million worldwide.
• [ trans. ] informal visit as a tourist, esp. in a superficial or hurried way : the tourists are allotted only a day to “do” Verona.
• spend (a specified period of time), typically in prison or in a particular occupation : he did five years for manslaughter.
• [ intrans. ] informal finish : you must sit there and wait till I'm done
[with present participle ] we're done arguing.
• ( be done) be over : the special formula continues to beautify your tan when the day is done.
• ( be/have done with) give up concern for: have finished with : I would sell the place and have done with it
Steve was not done with her.
3 [ intrans. ] act or behave in a specified way : they are free to do as they please
you did well to bring her back.
• make progress or perform in a specified way; get on : when a team is doing badly, it's not easy for a new player to settle in
Mrs. Walters, how're you doing?
• [ trans. ] have a specified effect on : the walk will do me good.
• [ trans. ] result in : the years of stagnation did a lot of harm to the younger generation.
4 [ intrans. ] be suitable or acceptable : if he's anything like you, he'll do
[ trans. ] a couple of bucks'll do me.
5 [ trans. ] informal beat up; kill : he was the guy who did Maranzano.
• (usu. be done) ruin : once you falter, you're done.
• rob (a place) : this would be an easy place to do, and there was plenty of money lying around.
• Brit. swindle : in business you had to do your competitors before they did you.
6 [ trans. ] (usu. be/get done for) Brit., informal prosecute; convict : we got done for conspiracy to commit murder.
ORIGIN Old English dōn, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch doen and German tun, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek tithēmi ‘I place’ and Latin facere ‘make, do.’
noun
informal he invited us to a grand do: party, reception, gathering, celebration, function, social event/occasion, social, soiree; informal bash, shindig.
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