DEAL
WITH &L2! 19 [VN] to deal with or
attend to sb/sth
The hairdresser said she could do me (= cut my hair) at
three,
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BE SUITABLE/ENOUGH jf £ ; & & 20 - (for sb/sth) | ~ (as sth) to be suitable or be enough for sb/sth iSo*;
:
[V] These shoes won’t do for the party.
■sFX'p
jfo 0 ‘Can you lend me some money?’ ‘Sure—
will $20do?’
20 ” 0 The
box will do fine as a table. &7IS
0
[VN] (especially BrE) This room will do me nicely,
thank you {= it has everything I need).
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COOK 7m 21 [VN] to cook sth MU', it; M: How
would you like your steak
done? AjEftifc?
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CHEAT It/ I® 22 [VN] [usually passive] {BrE, informal) to
cheat sb H : This isn’t
a genuine antique—you’ve been done. &*«£$** .
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PUNISH % ft! 23 [VN] {BrE) ~ sb (for sth) {informal) to
punish sb : They did him for tax evasion, life
7
f&„ 0 She got done for speeding.
jttk
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STEAL fiu i/ 24 [VN]
{informal) to steal from a place ( }f
^iikA ) ( ^JtkA ) :
The gang did a warehouse and a supermarket. 77#fP —
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TAKE DRUGS ® % 25 [VN] {informal) to take an illegal
drug ® ( # ) : He doesn’t smoke, drink or do drugs, ilk
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HAVE SEX j|43c
26 [VN] ~ it {slang) to have sex
fT»T?l Most idioms containing
do are at the entries for
the nouns and adjectives in the idioms, for example do
a
bunk is at bunk. do
ft do a bunk-
bunk ~F o be/have to do with sb/sth to be about or connected with sb/sth A 7;
A - 7 %. ) : ‘What do you want to see me
about?’ ‘It’s to do with that letter you sent me.’ “#JaLHe 7it ♦ ? ”
“ A7VmW o’;,have (got) something,
nothing, a lot, etc. to do with sb/sth used to talk about how
much sb/sth is connected with sb/sth 7* ( 7 HI A ) A^: Her job has something to
do with computers. jflk(|Xf£-feiit^Hl7lSA^o
0 How much do you earn?’ ‘What’s it got to do with you?’
“ifr ” 0 Hard work has a lot to do with (= is
an important reason for) her success. o We don’t have
very much to do with our
neighbours
(= we do not speak to them very often). HMn%4P/Sr'&ff & A7„ 0 Ed
have nothing to do with him, if I were you. #flAHcim,
third time you’ve been late
this week; it simply won’t do.
T , fcnT7.fi Wo not 'do anything/a
lot/much for sb {informal) used to say that sth
does not make sb look attractive AXft^A'il!^!; — # / : That hairstyle doesn’t do anything for her. M
.nothing 'doing {informal)
used to refuse a request (
Jg£feii>)c ) 7fr, AXIl]: ‘Can you lend me ten dollars?’ ‘Nothing doing!’ “ifttliie IrHg + &$5®J?
” “.7fr! ” no you 'don’t {informal)
used to show that you
intend to stop sb from doing sth that they were going to do 7, iftA7fU; 7,
Ho7i7 fftlft:
7, ”
ftffAiftilo
that 'does it {informal)
used to show that you will
not accept sth any longer
() nr, mr, m-. That does a, rm
off. I’m not having you
swear at me like that. Hell
A7„ that’s 'done
it {informal) used to say that an
accident, a mistake, etc. has spoiled or ruined sth & T rTH 7 ; &T;!F $ET : That’s
done it. You’ve completely broken it this time. TPf^7o that will do used
to order sb to stop
doing or saying sth (
)
ffrl®, That’ll
do, children—you’re getting far
too noisy, nm, &7il] Mlffii0>*EA7o what
do you do for sth? used to ask how sb manages
to
obtain the thing mentioned #
M & '& i£ H % ■ ■ ■ iHJ: What do you
do for entertainment out here? &H7 it^Mit? what is sb/sth doing ... ? used to ask why sb/sth is
in the place mentioned f] ft* ^ # •••itk A : What are these shoes
doing on my desk? ^ ft
He 45 ^ ± % ? ,do a'way with sb/yourself
{informal) to kill sb/yourself
>7£E, 7j^(SA);
g ,do a'way with sth {informal) to stop doing or having sth; to make sth
end HT1 abolish:
He thinks it’s time we did away with the monarchy. ItkiA 7o ,do sb/sth 'down {BrE, informal) to criticize sb/sth
unfairly ift % ; ••• Eft i7i$ 'do for
sb/sth [usually
passive] {informal) to ruin, destroy or
kill sb/sth A; Without that
contract, we’re
done for. HeinE^$70 ,do
sb/yourself 'in (informal) 1 to
kill sb/yourself 7 W ( ^ A ) ; k & 2 [usually
passive] to make sb very tired Come
and sit down
—you look done in. f«#7IU77.
,do sth^'in (informal) to injure a part of
the body
) : He did his back in
lifting heavy furniture. flk^S^*Wffl^7Kc ,do sb 'out of sth {informal) to
unfairly prevent sb from having what they ought to have ( ) &@.lk^A$l7, t'J7:
She was done out of her promotion. jflk^Aj^itW
$1 f\ 0 ,do sb 'over {informal, especially BrE) to
attack and beat sb severely Sft; ; SfT; He was
done over by a gang of
thugs. iikM ,do sth^'over 1 to clean or decorate
sth again Sir?# M; : The
paintwork will need doing over soon.
—3&o
2 (NAmE) to
do sth again Jr
;
IS; Hi iis: She insisted that
everything be
done over. ilkMJf 3 {BrE,
informal)
to enter a
building by force and steal
things A dH & $5: He got home to find that his flat had been done over.
jikl'J
,do 'up to be fastened in
±;
M%: The skirt does up at the back. 77/5
do sth*-*'up 1 to fasten a coat,
skirt, etc. in ± ( AfL I£7^f ) : He
never bothers to do his jacket up. flkfr Ffl3 undo 2 to make sth
into a package iil® A; 7®
A H321 wrap: She was carrying a package done up in brown paper. — 7
o 3 {BrE) to
repair and decorate a house, etc. Hil, If, ^ M
# ) : He makes money by
buying old houses and doing
them up.
i1kH5£IBj^SniB $rfil$50 >do yourself 'up (informal) to
make yourself more attractive by putting on make-up, attractive clothes, etc. tfiik, fT£fr ( IS) 'do sth with sb/sth (used in negative
sentences and questions with what what j7ffl(fti£lR]Sj): I don’t know
what to do with (= how to use) all the food that’s left over.
0
What have you
done with {= where have you
put) my umbrella? ^]EHc^7#5|JiPMA7?
0 What have you been doing with yourselves {= how have you been
passing the time)? # Cl & — l! Ji & ii ? — see
also can’t be doing
WITH STH at CAN1, COULD DO WITH STH at COULD ,do with1 out (sb/sth) to manage without
sb/sth &!} ••• ik 'fti She
can’t do without a
secretary. MXtE'&T'lftAo
0 If they can’t get it to us in time, we’ll just have to do without. A ftkill 7 tE A W it
Hcd^A,
mmRm§mr0 o[+-mg]
{ironic) icouid have done without being (= I wish = I had not
been) woken up at three in the morning. ftilH
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auxiliary verb (does /dAz/, did /did/, done /dAn/) 1 used before a
full verb to form negative sentences and questions ( BU^ a£ 7| fA H |r]£| ) ;
I don’t like fish. Hc7#)^^Lo 0 They didn’t go to
Does she speak French? ®,? 2 used to make
question tags (= short questions at
the end of statements) ( ) : You live in
don’t you? 0 She doesn’t work
here, does she? £tk77ltkitkl7, )MnE? 3 used to avoid repeating a full verb ( ) : He
plays better than he did a
year ago. ftk&^Jt ft—7fjuHT# jfj 0 o She works
harder than he does. jtfkXf£ ftfik