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did it

did it is the simple past of do it.

Meaning of do it

Verb

do it (third-person singular simple present does it, present participle doing it, simple past did it, past participle done it)

  1. (colloquial) To be appealing or suitable.
    • A green shirt with orange slacks really doesn't do it for me, I’m afraid.
    Synonyms:
    fit the bill, cut it
  2. (slang) To do something exceptionally foolish or unacceptable.
    • He did it this time!
  3. (euphemistic, slang) To have sex; to make it.
    • He was upstairs doing it with her.
  4. (euphemistic, rare, slang) To urinate.
    • I'll never do it on a Christmas tree / A Christmas tree is safe from me.1991, “I'll Never Do It on a Christmas Tree”, in David Newman (lyrics), Rover Dangerfield, performed by Rover Dangerfield
  5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see do, it.
    • You did it! And in record time! Congratulations!

Questions about did it

What is did it the simple past of?
Did it is the simple past of do it.

Words near did it in the dictionary

  1. did for
  2. did good
  3. did gooseberry
  4. did ill
  5. did in
  6. did it
  7. did it brown
  8. did it tough
  9. did it up brown
  10. did justice
  11. did lunch

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Adapted from Wiktionary: did it (page history and authors); do it (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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