"do what one does" meaning in English

See do what one does in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: does what one does [present, singular, third-person], doing what one does [participle, present], did what one does [past], done what one does [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|<does,,did,done>}} do what one does (third-person singular simple present does what one does, present participle doing what one does, simple past did what one does, past participle done what one does)
  1. (euphemistic) To have sex. Tags: euphemistic Related terms: you do you
    Sense id: en-do_what_one_does-en-verb-z2n28Vuc Categories (other): English euphemisms, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Sex Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 91 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 7 Disambiguation of Sex: 100 0 Synonyms: approach [archaic, euphemistic], cohabit [archaic], company [obsolete], copulate, couple, engage in sex, exchange flesh [euphemistic], have intimate relations, have marital relations [euphemistic], have sex, have sexual relations, intercourse, know, know someone in the biblical sense, make love [euphemistic], mate, share a bed [euphemistic], sleep together [euphemistic], strain [obsolete], bang, bauf [rare], beat [UK], bone, boff, boink, bonk, bop, bounce [African-American-Vernacular-English], breed, bump nasties, bump uglies, catch a dick, clap cheeks, dance [euphemistic], discuss Uganda [UK, euphemistic, humorous], dip one's pen in someone's inkwell [euphemistic], do it [euphemistic], do the deed [euphemistic], do the nasty [euphemistic], eff [euphemistic], engender [obsolete], expletive deleted [euphemistic, humorous, rare], frack [euphemistic], frak [euphemistic], frick [euphemistic], frig [euphemistic], fuck, get busy, get down, get freaky, get it [euphemistic], get it on, get jiggy, get laid, get lucky, get one's dick wet, get one's end away, get one's freak on [US, idiomatic], get one's groove on, get one's leg over [UK], get one's oats, get physical, get some [US, euphemistic], get the dirty water off one's chest [UK, idiomatic], graft the forked tree [obsolete, rare], go all the way [euphemistic], haul one's ashes [euphemistic], have it away, have it off, hide the salami [euphemistic], hide the sausage [euphemistic], hide the wienie [euphemistic], hike the Appalachian Trail [US, euphemistic, humorous], hook up, hump, jig-jig, knock boots, lay pipe, lay the pipe, make it [idiomatic], make out, make the beast with two backs, make whoopee, meddle [US, dialectal], ming [obsolete], Netflix and chill [euphemistic], penetrate, pipe, pipe down, play, play hide the sausage, pound, rail, ride, rock and roll [US, dated, euphemistic], roger, roll around, root, screw, see someone's etchings [euphemistic], sex [US], shag, shaboink, shelve [Wales], show someone one's etchings [euphemistic], slap bellies, stick [US], tumble
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see do, what, one, does.
    Sense id: en-do_what_one_does-en-verb-KfjRsnWF
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          "word": "haul one's ashes"
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          "word": "hide the salami"
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          "word": "hike the Appalachian Trail"
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          "word": "make it"
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          "word": "make the beast with two backs"
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          "word": "hike the Appalachian Trail"
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        {
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          "word": "make the beast with two backs"
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          "word": "make whoopee"
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          "word": "penetrate"
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          "word": "pound"
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        {
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          "word": "rail"
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        {
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          "word": "ride"
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          "word": "rock and roll"
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          "word": "roger"
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          "word": "roll around"
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          "word": "root"
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        {
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          "word": "screw"
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          "word": "see someone's etchings"
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          "word": "sex"
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          "word": "stick"
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        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see do, what, one, does."
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