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did the impossible

did the impossible is the simple past of do the impossible.

Meaning of do the impossible

Verb

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

  1. To accomplish something in spite of overwhelming odds against it.
    • Reade's androgyne does the impossible by being not only the product of desire, but also the producer of desire.1998, Jennifer DeVere Brody, Impossible Purities, page 118

Questions about did the impossible

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

Words near did the impossible in the dictionary

  1. did the Dutch
  2. did the handsome thing
  3. did the honor
  4. did the honors
  5. did the honour
  6. did the impossible
  7. did the job
  8. did the journal factory explode
  9. did the math
  10. did the nasties
  11. did the nasty

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