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doing it

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

Meaning of do it

Verb

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

  1. (colloquial) To be appealing or suitable.
    • A green shirt with orange slacks really doesn't do it for me, I’m afraid.
    Synonyms:
    fit the bill, cut it
  2. (slang) To do something exceptionally foolish or unacceptable.
    • He did it this time!
  3. (euphemistic, slang) To have sex; to make it.
    • He was upstairs doing it with her.
  4. (euphemistic, rare, slang) To urinate.
    • I'll never do it on a Christmas tree / A Christmas tree is safe from me.1991, “I'll Never Do It on a Christmas Tree”, in David Newman (lyrics), Rover Dangerfield, performed by Rover Dangerfield
  5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see do, it.
    • You did it! And in record time! Congratulations!

Questions about doing it

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

Words near doing it in the dictionary

  1. doing for
  2. doing good
  3. doing gooseberry
  4. doing ill
  5. doing in
  6. doing it
  7. doing it brown
  8. doing it tough
  9. doing it up brown
  10. doing justice
  11. doing lunch

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Adapted from Wiktionary: doing it (page history and authors); do it (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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