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one's gotta do what one's gotta do

one's gotta do what one's gotta do is the alternative form of one's got to do what one's got to do.

Meaning of one's got to do what one's got to do

Phrase

one's got to do what one's got to do

  1. (informal) A person must do what they feel is necessary or imperative.
    • Sometimes a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do, even if his helpmate does not share his passion. Perhaps that's part of the attraction. Maybe a man wouldn't be so feverish about his garden if he had to share it with his partner, […]2000, Warren Schultz, A Man's Garden, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, →ISBN, →OCLC

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One's gotta do what one's gotta do is the alternative form of one's got to do what one's got to do.

Words near one's gotta do what one's gotta do in the dictionary

  1. one's fill
  2. one's fingers are all thumbs
  3. one's fingers itch
  4. one's flabber is gasted
  5. one's got to do what one's got to do
  6. one's gotta do what one's gotta do
  7. one's head off
  8. one's heart bleeds
  9. one's heart in one's mouth
  10. one's heart in one's throat
  11. one's heart out

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