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)
- 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
- To do something exceptionally foolish or unacceptable.
- He did it this time!
- She's really done it now!
- 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”
- 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
- Synonyms:
- do business, pass water, break the seal, hit the head, micturate, pee, piddle, piss, slash, take a leak
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see do, it.
- You did it! And in record time! Congratulations!
Synonyms of do it
- fit the bill
- cut it
- bang
- get it on
- have sex
- copulate
- couple
- engage in sex
- exchange flesh
- have intimate relations
30 more synonymsFewer synonyms
- have marital relations
- have sexual relations
- intercourse
- know
- know someone in the biblical sense
- make love
- mate
- share a bed
- sleep together
- beat
- bone
- boff
- boink
- bonk
- bop
- bounce
- breed
- bump nasties
- bump uglies
- catch a dick
- clap cheeks
- crack
- dance
- discuss Uganda
- dip one's pen in someone's inkwell
- do the deed
- do the nasty
- eff
- frack
- frak
Forms of do it
| third-person singular present | does it |
|---|---|
| present participle | doing it |
| past | did it |
| past participle | done 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
Source and license
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