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done someone's bidding

done someone's bidding is the past participle of do someone's bidding.

Meaning of do someone's bidding

Verb

do someone's bidding (third-person singular simple present does someone's bidding, present participle doing someone's bidding, simple past did someone's bidding, past participle done someone's bidding)

  1. To act on behalf of a person in authority, executing their every command.
    • Once Princess in Love was published, Diana threw both Hewitt and Pasternak under the bus. Besotted to the end, her cashiered toy soldier never revealed whether or not he had done her bidding.April 5 2022, Tina Brown, “How Princess Diana’s Dance With the Media Impacted William and Harry”, in Vanity Fair

Questions about done someone's bidding

What is done someone's bidding the past participle of?
Done someone's bidding is the past participle of do someone's bidding.

Words near done someone's bidding in the dictionary

  1. done someone a frighten
  2. done someone brown
  3. done someone like that
  4. done someone one better
  5. done someone proud
  6. done someone's bidding
  7. done someone's business
  8. done someone's head in
  9. done someone's heart good
  10. done the dash
  11. done the decent thing

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