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did out

did out is the simple past of do out.

Meaning of do out

Verb

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

  1. (colloquial, transitive) To decorate, tidy, or clean (a place).
    • After two days' absence, with the easy casuistry of her circumstances, the lady had decided that he was not returning and had proceeded to "do out" the room for the next tenant.1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC

Questions about did out

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

Words near did out in the dictionary

  1. did one's thing
  2. did one's utmost
  3. did one's worst
  4. did oneself a mischief
  5. did or died
  6. did out
  7. did out of
  8. did over
  9. did porridge
  10. did right by
  11. did somebody wrong

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