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doing out

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

Meaning of do out

Verb

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

  1. (colloquial, transitive) To decorate, tidy, or clean (a place).
    • After two days' absence, with the easy casuistry of her circumstances, the lady had decided that he was not returning and had proceeded to "do out" the room for the next tenant.1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC

Questions about doing out

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

Words near doing out in the dictionary

  1. doing one's thing
  2. doing one's utmost
  3. doing one's worst
  4. doing oneself a mischief
  5. doing or dying
  6. doing out
  7. doing out of
  8. doing over
  9. doing porridge
  10. doing right by
  11. doing somebody wrong

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