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doing

[ doo-ing ]

noun

  1. action; performance; execution:

    Your misfortune is not of my doing.

  2. doings, deeds; proceedings; happenings; events.


doing

/ ˈːɪŋ /

noun

  1. an action or the performance of an action

    whose doing is this?

  2. informal.
    a beating or castigation
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of doing1

First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English; do 1 + -ing 1
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It was work, Acharya said, that no one else was doing, aimed at preventing a loss of vision or blindness.

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Consider alone that virtually every organization ending remote work is doing so against the known wishes of their workers, who have demonstrated in countless surveys and studies their strong preference for more flexible work arrangements.

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Some on the right of the party argue that the government is not doing enough to support workers and save jobs in the oil and gas sector in the transition to clean power.

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Other targets of his ire included Jerome Powell, head of the US central bank, whom the president said was not doing a good job.

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But Enrique says the shot stopper was just doing his job.

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