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do one

/ˌdoʊ ˈwʌn/

do one verb: to go away, to leave; to get lost.

Verb

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

  1. (UK, colloquial) To go away, to leave; to get lost.
    • I am a northerner and if any daft apeth with a cob on wants to mither me about my accent, they can do one.2019 March 20, Daniel Lavelle, The Guardian

Numeral

do one

  1. The cardinal number occurring after do and before do two in a duodecimal system. Written 11, decimal value 13.

Forms of do one

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

Origin of do one

A contraction of several related longer expressions like do a runner, do a bunk, do a flit and do a moonlight flit

Questions about do one

What does do one mean?
Do one means to go away, to leave; to get lost.
What part of speech is do one?
Do one can be a verb or a numeral.
How do you pronounce do one?
Do one is pronounced /ˌdoʊ ˈwʌn/.
What is the past tense of do one?
The past tense of do one is did one.

Words near do one in the dictionary

  1. do number one
  2. do number two
  3. do numbers
  4. do of
  5. do off
  6. do one
  7. do one's best
  8. do one's bit
  9. do one's block
  10. do one's business
  11. do one's damnedest

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