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(auxiliary) A syntactic marker.

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To perform; to execute.

example

All you ever do is surf the Internet. What will you do this afternoon?

synonyms

• accomplish
• carry out
• functionate

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To cause, make (someone) (do something).

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To suffice.

example

it’s not the best broom, but it will have to do;  this will do me, thanks.

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To be reasonable or acceptable.

example

It simply will not do to have dozens of children running around such a quiet event.

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(ditransitive) To have (as an effect).

example

The fresh air did him some good.

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To fare, perform (well or poorly).

example

Our relationship isn't doing very well;  how do you do?

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(chiefly in questions) To have as one's job.

example

What does Bob do? — He's a plumber.

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To perform the tasks or actions associated with (something).

example

"Don't forget to do your report" means something quite different depending on whether you're a student or a programmer.

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To cook.

example

I'll just do some eggs.

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To travel in, to tour, to make a circuit of.

example

Let’s do New York also.

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To treat in a certain way.

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To work for or on, by way of caring for, looking after, preparing, cleaning, keeping in order, etc.

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To act or behave in a certain manner; to conduct oneself.

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To spend (time) in jail. (See also do time)

example

I did five years for armed robbery.

synonyms

• serve

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To impersonate or depict.

example

They really laughed when he did Clinton, with a perfect accent and a leer.

synonyms

• imitate
• personate
• take off

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(with 'a' and the name of a person, place, event, etc.) To copy or emulate the actions or behaviour that is associated with the person or thing mentioned.

example

He did a Henry VIII and got married six times.

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To kill.

synonyms

• do in
• murder
• off
• rub out

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To deal with for good and all; to finish up; to undo; to ruin; to do for.

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To punish for a misdemeanor.

example

He got done for speeding.

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To have sex with. (See also do it)

synonyms

• go to bed with
• sleep with

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To cheat or swindle.

example

That guy just did me out of two hundred bucks!

synonyms

• defraud
• diddle
• mug off
• rip off
• scam

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To convert into a certain form; especially, to translate.

example

the novel has just been done into English;  I'm going to do this play into a movie

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To finish.

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To work as a domestic servant (with for).

synonyms

• attend
• serve
• wait on

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(auxiliary) Used to form the present progressive of verbs.

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To cash or to advance money for, as a bill or note.

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(ditransitive) To make or provide.

example

Could you do me a burger with mayonnaise instead of ketchup?

synonyms

• furnish
• give
• supply

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To injure (one's own body part).

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To take drugs.

example

I do cocaine.

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(in the form be doing [somewhere]) To exist with a purpose or for a reason.

example

What's that car doing in our swimming pool?

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(of food) Ready, fully cooked.

example

As soon as the potatoes are done we can sit down and eat.

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Having completed or finished an activity.

example

He pushed his empty plate away, sighed and pronounced "I am done."

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Being exhausted or fully spent.

example

When the water is done we will only be able to go on for a few days.

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Without hope or prospect of completion or success.

example

He is done, after three falls there is no chance he will be able to finish.

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Fashionable, socially acceptable, tasteful.

example

I can't believe he just walked up and spoke to her like that, those kind of things just aren't done!

It had to be done sooner or later.

This could not be done without the Internet.

What have I done to you?

They've done everything they can.

Then try to tell what it is, what it is like, what it is good for, and what is done with it.

For one terrifying moment the enormity of what they had done brought her close to panic.

Are we done talking now?

This is unprecedented in the history of commerce and could not be done without the Internet. 9.

There was shopping and packing to be done before they left on vacation.

It might have done damage inside.

He had apologized for what he had done and she had forgiven him.

Then my eyes filled with tears; for I realized what I had done, and for the first time I felt repentance and sorrow.

She stayed in the brush beside the trail, as she had done in her dream.

When you're done with the dishes, let me know.

I thank you for what you have done for me.

All the work is done by machines already.

What would Alex have done if she had talked?

So this sad experience may have done me good and set me thinking on some of the problems of composition.

I had always done my work in braille or in my head.

Last week she made her doll an apron, and it was done as well as any child of her age could do it.

She wanted to hate Bordeaux for what he had done, but like a shameless hussy, she still longed to hear his voice - feel his touch.

Felipa definitely needed his help with chartering the helicopter, but he could have done that from Houston.

I don't know what's been bothering you lately, but if I've done something, I wish you would tell me.

I have done nothing but select and cut.

What have they done for Louis XVII, for the Queen, or for Madame Elizabeth?

While she was outside having a pity party, he was trying to figure out what he'd done wrong.

Howard insisted this had to be done right now.

After the dishes were done and the beds made, she usually wandered around the house or sat in the yard, soaking up sun.

And what would you have done if it had been a bear?

Certainly placing the family picture face down on the coffee table had done nothing to ease her pain.

I'd have done it for you, and you wouldn't have to fix me a fancy breakfast either.

She had done nothing but cry, complain and faint since this ordeal had begun.

Betsy and Martha fried up chicken, chatting amiably as they'd done all weekend.

If God thought it was wrong, nothing we could have done would have been successful.

Do you think everything they have done has been with the single ambition of getting third-party information out of you?

If he hadn't come along, she'd probably be dead, and yet, he had done nothing to assist after Allen left.

She needed to get enrolled, but she had done nothing.

And all you've done is lie to me.

He said, Henry Longfellow, you have done very well.

Have I done anything wrong?

What have you done to Mlle Scherer?

I'm only tormented by the wrong I have done him.

If he trusted her, he wouldn't have been snapping at her as if she had done something wrong.

If you had been with them you couldn't have done anything to prevent the accident.

She had done it with Allen and she had done it with her family.

Something had to be done before he got them both killed.

It should be done now, but... maybe an hour?

If you had left when Brandon wanted you to, you still couldn't have done anything.

The job is done - and done correctly.

And Mr. Cade has done nothing to make me think he is anything but a normal man who simply enjoys his solitude.