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what can one do

what can one do is the alternative form of what can you do.

Meaning of what can you do

Phrase

what can you do?

  1. A rhetorical question expressing that an undesirable situation is inevitable.
    • Near-synonyms: what can I say, what is one to do; it is what it is

Questions about what can one do

What is what can one do the alternative form of?
What can one do is the alternative form of what can you do.

Words near what can one do in the dictionary

  1. what are you waiting for
  2. what are your pronouns
  3. what can I do you for
  4. what can I say
  5. what can I tell you
  6. what can one do
  7. what can you do
  8. what cheer
  9. what color is the sun in your world
  10. what color is your Bugatti
  11. what colour is your Bugatti

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Adapted from Wiktionary: what can one do (page history and authors); what can you do (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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