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“do” – English explanatory dictionary

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He got a weight problem. What's the nigga gonna do? He's Samoan.
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Like, do I really wanna wear something like this
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noun 1. a party ○ We’ve been invited to a do at the Smiths. 2. □ the dos and don’ts things you should do and things you should not do ○ She told him all the dos and don’ts about working in the office.
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verb 1. used with other verbs to make questions ○ Does this train go to London? ○ Did the doctor give you any medicine for your cough? ○ Where do they live? ○ What did you find there? 2. used with other verbs and ‘not’ to make the negative ○ They didn’t laugh at the film. ○ It doesn’t matter any more. ○ His parents don’t live in London. 3. used to make a verb stronger ○ Can I sit down? – please do! ○ Why don’t you work harder? – I do work hard! ○ Why didn’t you tell me? – I did tell you! 4. used in place of another verb in short answers to questions using the word ‘do’ ○ Do you live in London? – Yes I do. ○ But your parents don’t live there, do they? – No they don’t. ○ Does the green colour show? – Yes it does. ○ Did you go to the concert after all? – Yes I did. 5. used in place of another verb at the end of a question or statement ○ The Russians live here, don’t they? ○ It looks very nice, doesn’t it? ○ It doesn’t rain a lot in Spain, does it? ○ Can you run as fast as he does? ○ He speaks German better than I do. ○ She asked me to close the door but I’d already done so. ○ They got to the pub before we did. 6. telling someone not to do something ○ Don’t throw away that letter! ○ Don’t put your coffee cups on the computer! 7. with nouns ending in -ing ○ She’s doing the shopping. ○ He always does the washing up. ○ She was doing the ironing. 8. to work at something or to arrange something or to clean something (followed by a noun) ○ She’s doing her hair. ○ Have you done the dishes yet? ○ I can’t do today’s crossword. ○ What have you been doing all day? ○ They’re a difficult company to do business with. □ what do you do for a living? what is your job? 9. to succeed, to continue ○ She’s doing very well in her new job. ○ He did badly in the interview. ○ How’s your business doing? □ well done! said to someone when they have achieved success in something ○ I passed my driving test – Well done! 10. to finish being cooked ○ The carrots aren’t done yet. □ the chicken is done to a turn the chicken is cooked and ready to eat 11. to be satisfactory ○ Will this size do? □ that will do that’s enough □ that won’t do at all that’s not at all satisfactory 12. □ to make do with to accept something which is not as good as you wanted ○ The ordinary plates are all dirty, so we will have to make do with paper ones. 13. to travel at a certain speed ○ The car was doing 100 miles an hour when it hit the tree.
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slang
this useful and industrious verb has for many years done service
as a slang term. To DO a person is to cheat him. Sometimes another tense
is employed, such as “I DONE him,” meaning, I cheated or “paid him out;”
this is only used in the lowest grades of society. DONE BROWN, cheated
thoroughly, befooled; DONE OVER, upset, cheated, knocked down, ruined.
Among thieves DONE OVER means that a man’s pockets have been all quietly
searched; the term also means among low people seduced; DONE UP, used
up, finished, or quieted. DONE also means convicted, or sentenced; so
does DONE-FOR. To DO a person in pugilism is to beat him. Humphreys, who
fought Mendoza, a Jew, wrote this laconic note to his supporter—“I have
DONE the Jew, and am in good health.—Rich. Humphreys.” Tourists use the
expression, “I have DONE France and Italy,” meaning I have been through
those countries.
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do.
n. An abbreviation of Ditto.
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do
(do), n. (Mus.) A syllable attached to the first tone of the major diatonic scale for the purpose of solmization, or solfeggio. It is the first of the seven syllables used by the Italians as manes of musical tones, and replaced, for the sake of euphony, the syllable Ut, applied to the note C. In England and America the same syllables are used by many as a scale pattern, while the tones in respect to absolute pitch are named from the first seven letters of the alphabet.
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Simba learned that sometimes you must do what's right.

The scentence about “The Lion King”.

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