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do it

do it verb: to be appealing or suitable.

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!
    • She's really done it now!
  3. (euphemistic, slang) To have sex; to make it.
    • He was upstairs doing it with her.
    • And that's why birds do it, bees do it / Even educated fleas do it1928, Cole Porter, “Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love”
  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!

Synonyms of do it

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Forms of do it

third-person singular presentdoes it
present participledoing it
pastdid it
past participledone it

Questions about do it

What does do it mean?
Do it means to be appealing or suitable.
What part of speech is do it?
Do it is a verb.
What is the past tense of do it?
The past tense of do it is did it.

Words near do it in the dictionary

  1. do good
  2. do gooseberry
  3. do I know you
  4. do ill
  5. do in
  6. do it
  7. do it brown
  8. do it to it
  9. do it tough
  10. do it up
  11. do it up brown

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