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doing porridge

doing porridge is the present participle of do porridge.

Meaning of do porridge

Verb

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

  1. (colloquial, idiomatic) Synonym of do time.
    Synonyms:
    do time

Questions about doing porridge

What is doing porridge the present participle of?
Doing porridge is the present participle of do porridge.

Words near doing porridge in the dictionary

  1. doing oneself a mischief
  2. doing or dying
  3. doing out
  4. doing out of
  5. doing over
  6. doing porridge
  7. doing right by
  8. doing somebody wrong
  9. doing someone a frighten
  10. doing someone brown
  11. doing someone like that

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