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do with
verb
- could do with or can do withto find useful; benefit from
she could do with a night's sleep
- have to do withto be involved in or connected with
his illness has a lot to do with his failing the exam
- to do withconcerning; related to
- what…do with
- to put or place
what did you do with my coat?
- to handle or treat
what are we going to do with these hooligans?
- to fill one's time usefully
she didn't know what to do with herself when term ended
Idioms and Phrases
Put up or manage with, as in I can do with very little sleep . [Early 1800s] Also see can do with ; have to do with .Example Sentences
This suggests that, while the overall number is not as high as it has been, many of those who run do with more fervour than before, given the growth in the participation at events.
You’ve got Fortune 500 guys and billionaires and CEOs, so what do you actually do with that opportunity?
Mr Adams replied: "I don't have the exact figure...what's this got to do with the Spotlight programme?"
He accused Mr Gallagher of "rhyming off" individual incidents, adding: "What has this got to do with Denis Donaldson?"
But the criminals wouldn't say what they plan to do with the data if they don't get paid.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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