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do the deed

do the deed verb: to have sex.

Verb

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

  1. (euphemistic, slang) To have sex.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: to do a given deed.
    Synonyms:
    copulate

do the deed meaning in Bengali

do the deed in Bengali

যৌন মিলন করা

Synonyms of do the deed

Forms of do the deed

third-person singular presentdoes the deed
present participledoing the deed
pastdid the deed
past participledone the deed

Origin of do the deed

Earliest attested usage is from Middle English: 1340, Ayenbite of Inwyt "Ȝete þai ben al clene; Haue þai no dede y-done" ("Yet they are all clean; They have not had intercourse"); and in 1443, Reginald Pecock, The Rule of Christian Religion: "By force hath he..don that dede, That he hath reft hire of hire maydenhede." (By force he has done that deed, That he has deprived her of her virginity.)

Words formed from do the deed

Questions about do the deed

What does do the deed mean?
Do the deed means to have sex.
What is do the deed in Bengali?
Do the deed in Bengali is যৌন মিলন করা. See Do the deed meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is do the deed?
Do the deed is a verb.
What is the past tense of do the deed?
The past tense of do the deed is did the deed.

Words near do the deed in the dictionary

  1. do svidaniya
  2. do svidanya
  3. do tell
  4. do the dash
  5. do the decent thing
  6. do the deed
  7. do the dirty on
  8. do the dishes
  9. do the Dutch
  10. do the handsome thing
  11. do the honor

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