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as you do

as you do phrase: used to indicate unusual or unexpected behavior.

Phrase

as you do

  1. (colloquial, humorous) Used to indicate unusual or unexpected behavior.
    • I bought a dozen melons before heading home, as you do.
    • I was memorising the dictionary, as you do, when I came across a strange word that I hadn’t seen before.

Forms of as you do

alternative formas one does

Questions about as you do

What does as you do mean?
As you do means used to indicate unusual or unexpected behavior.
What part of speech is as you do?
As you do is a phrase.

Words near as you do in the dictionary

  1. as what
  2. as who should say
  3. as with
  4. as yet
  5. as yet unknown
  6. as you do
  7. as you go
  8. as you have brewed, so you must drink
  9. as you know
  10. as you like
  11. as you make your bed, so you must lie in it

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