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all of a doodah

all of a doodah phrase: in a confused or agitated state.

Phrase

all of a doodah

  1. (UK, informal) In a confused or agitated state.
    • She can't find anything ... her glasses, her keys, her handbag ... she's all of a doodah.
    • He gently extricated his arm from Harriet’s frenzied grasp and shut the door.
      ”Now then! My dear, what’s happened? You’re all of a doodah!”1932, Dorothy L. Sayers, chapter XVIII, in Have His Carcase

Questions about all of a doodah

What does all of a doodah mean?
All of a doodah means in a confused or agitated state.
What part of speech is all of a doodah?
All of a doodah is a phrase.

Words near all of a doodah in the dictionary

  1. all night
  2. all nighter
  3. all nighters
  4. all o' y'all
  5. all of
  6. all of a doodah
  7. all of a heap
  8. all of a sudden
  9. all of one's taste is in one's mouth
  10. all of the sudden
  11. all of y'all

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