D
Idioms beginning with "D"
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Contents of D:
[do]
See:
[HAVE DONE],
[HAVE DONE WITH],
[HAVE TO DO WITH],
[LET GEORGE DO IT],
[LET ONE'S RIGHT HAND KNOW WHAT ONE'S LEFT HAND IS DOING],
[LET'S DON'T],
[MAKE DO],
[WELL-TO-DO],
[WHAT'S UP] or [WHAT'S DOING].
[do a double take] {v. phr.}, {informal}
To look again in surprise; suddenly understand what is seen or said.
John did a double take when he saw Bill in girls' clothes.
When Evvie said she was quitting school, I did a double take.
[do a job on] {v. phr.}, {slang}
To damage badly; do harm to; make ugly or useless.
The baby did a job on Mary's book.
Jane cut her hair and really did a job on herself.
[do a stretch] {v. phr.}
To spend time in jail serving one's sentence.
Jake has disappeared from view for a while; he is doing a stretch for dope smuggling.
[do away with] {v.}
1. To put an end to; stop.
The teachers want to do away with cheating in their school.
The city has decided to do away with overhead wires.
Compare: [RID OF].
2. To kill; murder.
* /The robbers did away with their […]
[do by someone or something] {v.}
To deal with; treat. — Used with a qualifying adverb between "do" and "by".
Andy's employer always does very well by him.
[do credit] or [do credit to] also ( {informal}) [do proud]
To add to or improve the reputation, good name, honor, or esteem of; show (you) deserve praise.
Your neat appearance does you credit.
Mary's painting would do credit to a real artist.
[do duty for] {v. phr.}
To substitute for; act in place of.
The bench often does duty for a table.
[do for] {v.}, {informal}
To cause the death or ruin of; cause to fail. — Used usually in the passive form "done for".
The poor fellow is done for and will die before morning.
Andy's employer always does very well by him.
* /If Jim fails that […]