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doing the Dutch

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

Meaning of do the Dutch

Verb

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

  1. (dated, slang) To commit suicide.
    • Ellen Carnine fit that heroic profile. It did not jibe with her doing the Dutch.2006, Les Roberts, The Dutch, page 67

Questions about doing the Dutch

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

Words near doing the Dutch in the dictionary

  1. doing the dash
  2. doing the decent thing
  3. doing the deed
  4. doing the dirty on
  5. doing the dishes
  6. doing the Dutch
  7. doing the handsome thing
  8. doing the hard yards
  9. doing the honor
  10. doing the honors
  11. doing the honour

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Adapted from Wiktionary: doing the Dutch (page history and authors); do the Dutch (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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