D
Idioms beginning with "D"
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Contents of D:
[do in] {v.}, {slang}
1. To ruin; destroy.
Mr. Smith's business was done in by a fire that burned down his store.
2a. To kill; murder.
The poor man was done in by two gangsters who ran away after the crime.
2b. To make tired; exhaust.
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[do justice to] {v. phr.}
1. To do (something) as well as you should; do properly.
Barbara had so many things to do that she could not do justice to her lessons.
The newspaper man did not do justice to the story.
2. To eat or drink with […]
[do one a good turn] {v. phr.}
To perform an act of kindness, friendship, or help to another person, unselfishly, without expectation of reward.
* /"I'll be happy to help you any time you need it," John said. "After all you have done me so many good […]
[do one good] or [do one's heart good] {v. phr.}
To give satisfaction; please; gratify.
It does my heart good to see those children play.
[do one good] {v. phr.}
To benefit.
The fresh air will do you good after having been inside the house all day.
[do one's best] {v. phr.}
To perform at one's optimum capacity; spare no effort in fulfilling one's duties.
* /"I've really done my best teaching you people," the tired professor said on the last day of classes. "I hope you got something out of this […]
[do one's bit] or [part] {v. phr.}
To shoulder one's share of responsibility in a communal undertaking; shirk one's obligation.
"Let me go home and rest, fellows, " John said. "I think I've done my bit for this project. "
[do one's thing] or [do one's own thing] {v. phr.}, {informal}
1. To do what one does well and actually enjoys doing.
Two thousand fans paid $15 each to hear the rock group do their thing.
2. To follow one's bent; for example, to be engaged in […]
[do one's worst] {v. phr.}
To do one's utmost by resorting to every foul means possible.
Hitler did his worst to drive out the Allied invasion from Europe, but he failed.
[do over] {v. phr.}
1. To renovate; redecorate.
The new owners are going to do over the entire building in the fall.
2. To repeat.
Please do that math problem over until you get it right.