be to do with something Definition
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verb does, did (past tense), done (past participle), doing (present participle)
- 1. To carry out, perform or commit something.
- Thesaurus: carry out, fulfil, obey, serve, execute, implement, effect, finish, conclude, complete, achieve, accomplish, fulfil, satisfy.
- Thesaurus: finish, conclude, complete, achieve, accomplish.
3. To be enough or suitable.
- Example: That will do for me
- Example: That will do me
- Example: Are you doing maths?
5. To be in a particular state.
- Example: Business is doing well
intr
7. To act or behave.
8. To provide something as a service.
- Example: do lunches
10. To cause or produce.
- Thesaurus: bring about, cause, begin, create, make, produce, effect, launch, initiate, inaugurate.
12. To travel at (a speed).
13. colloq
- To be an improvement or enhancement to something or someone.
- Example: This dress doesn't do much for my figure
- To cheat someone.
- To copy the behaviour of someone; to mimic them.
17. colloq
- To ruin something
- Example: Now he's done it!
- To assault or injure someone.
- Example: Tell me, or I'll do you
- To spend (time) in prison.
- To convict someone.
21. colloq
- To happen.
- Example: There was nothing doing
- To take (drugs).
- 1. Used in questions and negative statements or commands, as in Do you smoke?, I don't like wine and Don't do that!
2. Used to avoid repetition of a verb, as in She eats as much as I do and She comes here every day, does she?
3. Used for emphasis, as in She does know you've arrived.
- colloq:
1. A party or other gathering.
2. Something done as a rule or custom.
- Example: dos and don'ts
- Thesaurus: rules, standards, regulations, customs, etiquette, niceties, code.
- Form: dos
- Would benefit from having them
- Example: We could do with Meg in our team.
- Said of a thing, event, etc: to be related to or connected with something else.
- Example: What has that to do with your question?
- Example: It has nothing to do with me
- Said of a person: to be partly or wholly responsible for something.
- Example: I had nothing to do with the arrangement
Phrasal Verb: do away with someone or something
- To murder them.To abolish (an institution, etc).
- To speak of them or it as if unimportant or not very good.
- To do household cleaning for them on a regular basis.
- To kill them.To exhaust them.
- To clear out (a room, etc); to decorate it.
- To deprive them of it, especially by trickery.
- To rob them.To attack or injure them.
- To dress up.
- To repair, clean or improve the decoration of a building, etc.To fasten it; to tie or wrap it up.
- To manage without it.
- The use of do as a substitute for have in sentences such as I have a more demanding job than you do is sometimes regarded as poor style, and is best avoided in formal contexts.
