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does the impossible

does the impossible is the third-person singular simple present indicative of do the impossible.

Meaning of do the impossible

Verb

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

  1. To accomplish something in spite of overwhelming odds against it.
    • Reade's androgyne does the impossible by being not only the product of desire, but also the producer of desire.1998, Jennifer DeVere Brody, Impossible Purities, page 118

Questions about does the impossible

What is does the impossible the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Does the impossible is the third-person singular simple present indicative of do the impossible.

Words near does the impossible in the dictionary

  1. does the Dutch
  2. does the handsome thing
  3. does the honor
  4. does the honors
  5. does the honour
  6. does the impossible
  7. does the job
  8. does the math
  9. does the nasties
  10. does the nasty
  11. does the needful

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