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do with

do with verb: synonym of deal with.

Verb (1)

do with

  1. (archaic) Synonym of deal with.
    • In Anderson you have evidently a very clever and difficult man to do with, and one who if he had his own way would do you no favour […]1895, letter quoted in 2017, Peter Joseph Drake, Merchants, Bankers, Governors (page 156)
    • Stokesey is a most amiable man to do with. I know him slightly. His attitude to you was evidently the outcome of the circumstances. We shall all get along very nicely.1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    deal with

Verb (2)

do with

  1. Only used in to do with
  2. Only used in can do with
  3. Only used in make do with
  4. Only used in could do with

Synonyms of do with

Questions about do with

What does do with mean?
Do with means synonym of deal with.
What part of speech is do with?
Do with is a verb.

Words near do with in the dictionary

  1. do what
  2. do what I say, not what I do
  3. do what it says on the tin
  4. do what one does
  5. do what you will
  6. do with
  7. do with mirrors
  8. do without
  9. do wonders
  10. do you
  11. do you accept American dollars

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