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does one's bit

does one's bit is the third-person singular simple present indicative of do one's bit.

Meaning of do one's bit

Verb

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

  1. (informal) To make an individual contribution toward an overall effort.
    • Soon we were climbing through New Mills and Foxhall, both of which are closed entirely, their buildings doing their bit to ease the housing problem, and Kilmacrenan was reached at four o'clock.1949 November and December, K. Longbottom, “By Goods Train to Gweedore”, in Railway Magazine, page 355
    Synonyms:
    do one's part, do one's fair share

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What is does one's bit the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Does one's bit is the third-person singular simple present indicative of do one's bit.

Words near does one's bit in the dictionary

  1. does more harm than good
  2. does not compute
  3. does nothing
  4. does numbers
  5. does off
  6. does one's bit
  7. does one's business
  8. does one's damnedest
  9. does one's darnedest
  10. does one's duty
  11. does one's ease

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