"do one's thing" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: does one's thing [present, singular, third-person], doing one's thing [participle, present], did one's thing [past], done one's thing [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|do<does,,did,done> one's thing}} do one's thing (third-person singular simple present does one's thing, present participle doing one's thing, simple past did one's thing, past participle done one's thing)
  1. Alternative form of do one's own thing Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: do one's own thing
    Sense id: en-do_one's_thing-en-verb-JX6u3woZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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