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Definition of
doing noun
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
doing
noun
noun
NAmE
/
/
ˈduɪŋ
/
/
[
countable
,
usually plural
,
uncountable
]
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a thing done or caused by someone
I've been hearing a lot about your doings recently.
I promise you this was not my doing
(= I didn't do it)
.
Idioms
take some doing
,
take a lot of doing
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to be hard work; to be difficult
Getting it finished by tomorrow will take some doing.
See
doing
in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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doing
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do
1
verb
do
1
auxiliary verb
go on doing
phrasal verb
live by doing
phrasal verb
play at doing
phrasal verb
bluff into doing
phrasal verb
delight in doing
phrasal verb
draw into doing
phrasal verb
gamble on doing
phrasal verb
guilt into doing
phrasal verb
insist on doing
phrasal verb
jolly into doing
phrasal verb
panic into doing
phrasal verb
pride on doing
phrasal verb
reduce to doing
phrasal verb
scare into doing
phrasal verb
shame into doing
phrasal verb
trick into doing
phrasal verb
disagree with doing
phrasal verb
dragoon into doing
phrasal verb
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Phrasal verbs
go on doing
phrasal verb
live by doing
phrasal verb
play at doing
phrasal verb
bluff into doing
phrasal verb
delight in doing
phrasal verb
draw into doing
phrasal verb
gamble on doing
phrasal verb
guilt into doing
phrasal verb
insist on doing
phrasal verb
jolly into doing
phrasal verb
panic into doing
phrasal verb
pride on doing
phrasal verb
reduce to doing
phrasal verb
scare into doing
phrasal verb
shame into doing
phrasal verb
trick into doing
phrasal verb
disagree with doing
phrasal verb
dragoon into doing
phrasal verb
frighten into doing
phrasal verb
starve into doing
phrasal verb
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Idioms
nothing doing
be doing well
don't go doing something
short of (doing) something
take some/a lot of doing
be better off (doing something)
have no business doing something
be employed in doing something
pardon me for doing something
never tire of doing something
it's no use (doing something)
have a way of doing something
in the act (of doing something)
bent on something/on doing something
make no bones about (doing) something
make a career of doing something
stand a chance (of doing something)
what is somebody/something doing…?
lower yourself (by doing something)
never mind (about) (doing) something
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Nearby words
doily
noun
do in
phrasal verb
doing
noun
do-it-yourself
noun
dojo
noun