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doing drugs

doing drugs is the present participle and gerund of do drugs.

Meaning of do drugs

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To abuse an illegal drug or drugs, especially as a result of chemical addiction.
    • There is growing understanding that people drink or do drugs for difference ^([sic]) reasons - and it may be linked to times of stress.2023 September 6, Greg Morse, “One more for the road?”, in RAIL, number 991, page 51

Questions about doing drugs

What is doing drugs the present participle and gerund of?
Doing drugs is the present participle and gerund of do drugs.

Words near doing drugs in the dictionary

  1. doing by halves
  2. doing cartwheels
  3. doing cheetah flips
  4. doing credit
  5. doing down
  6. doing drugs
  7. doing exactly what it says on the tin
  8. doing for
  9. doing good
  10. doing gooseberry
  11. doing ill

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