Definitions for d/o
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
dodu; unstressed dʊ, də(v. and auxiliary v.; pres. sing. 1st and 2nd pers.)do
(v.t.)to perform (an act, duty, role, etc.).
to execute (a piece or amount of work):
to do a hauling job.
to accomplish; finish:
He has already done it.
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, 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.
Category: Common Vocabulary
to travel at the rate of (a specified speed).
to make or prepare:
I'll do the salad.
to serve (a term of time) in prison, or, sometimes, in office.
to create or bring into being:
He does wonderful portraits.
to translate or change the form of:
They 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 3 weeks.
to use (drugs), esp. habitually.
Category: Common Vocabulary, Status (usage)
Slang. to rob; steal from: The law got him for doing banks.
Category: Common Vocabulary, Status (usage)
(v.i.)to act or conduct oneself; behave.
to proceed:
to do wisely.
to get along; fare; manage:
to do without an automobile.
to be in a specified state of health:
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 v.)(used in interrogative, negative, and inverted constructions):
Do you like music? I don't care. Seldom does one see such greed.
Category: Function Word
(used to lend emphasis to a principal verb):
Do visit us!
Category: Function Word
do away with, to put an end to; abolish. to kill.
Category: Verb Phrase
do for, to cause the defeat, ruin, or death of. to keep house for; manage or provide for.
Category: Verb Phrase, British
do in, to kill; murder. to exhaust.
Category: Verb Phrase
do out of,Informal. to swindle; cheat.
Category: Verb Phrase
do over, to redecorate.
Category: Verb Phrase
do up, to wrap and tie up. to pin up or arrange (the hair). to renovate or clean. to fasten: to dress:
Do up your coat.
They were all done up in costumes.
Category: Verb Phrase
do with, to benefit from; use.
Category: Verb Phrase
do without, to forgo; dispense with.
Category: Verb Phrase
(n.)Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; commotion.
Category: Informal
Informal. a hairdo.
Category: Common Vocabulary, Informal
Brit. Slang. a swindle; hoax.
Category: British
a festive affair; party.
Category: British
Idioms for do:
do or die,to make a supreme effort.
Category: Idiom
dos and don'ts,customs, rules, or regulations.
Category: Idiom
Origin of do:
bef. 900; ME, OE dōn; c. OS dōn, OHG tuo(a)n; akin to L -dere to put (see add ), facere to make, do
dodoʊ(n.)(pl.)dos.
the musical syllable used for the first note of an ascending diatonic scale.
Category: Music and Dance
Origin of do:
1745–55; < It, inverted var. of ut; see gamut
D/O
or d.o.
delivery order.
Category: Business
D.O.
Also, d.o. direct object.
Category: Grammar
Doctor of Optometry.
Category: Titles, Associations, Organizations, Education
Doctor of Osteopathy.
Category: Titles, Associations, Organizations, Education
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