"do it" meaning in English

See do it in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Audio: En-au-do it.ogg [Australia] Forms: does it [present, singular, third-person], doing it [participle, present], did it [past], done it [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|do<does,,did,done> it}} do it (third-person singular simple present does it, present participle doing it, simple past did it, past participle done it)
  1. (colloquial) To be appealing or suitable. Tags: colloquial Synonyms: fit the bill, cut it
    Sense id: en-do_it-en-verb-Dsd7csHF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, English terms with placeholder "it" Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 22 5 38 3 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 31 23 5 37 4 Disambiguation of English terms with placeholder "it": 28 21 12 30 9
  2. (slang, chiefly used in the past tense) To do something exceptionally foolish or unacceptable. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-do_it-en-verb-AHfnI2Qf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, English terms with placeholder "it" Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 22 5 38 3 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 31 23 5 37 4 Disambiguation of English terms with placeholder "it": 28 21 12 30 9
  3. (slang, euphemistic) To have sex; to make it. Tags: euphemistic, slang Categories (topical): Sex Synonyms: bang, get it on, have, sex, copulate
    Sense id: en-do_it-en-verb-YKjPgrhe Disambiguation of Sex: 1 1 98 0 0 Categories (other): English euphemisms, English terms with placeholder "it" Disambiguation of English terms with placeholder "it": 28 21 12 30 9
  4. (rare, slang, euphemistic) To urinate. Tags: euphemistic, rare, slang Synonyms: do business, pass water, urinate
    Sense id: en-do_it-en-verb-u~WFOiiv Categories (other): English euphemisms, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, English terms with placeholder "it" Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 22 5 38 3 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 24 19 4 48 4 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 31 23 5 37 4 Disambiguation of English terms with placeholder "it": 28 21 12 30 9
  5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see do, it.
    Sense id: en-do_it-en-verb-PJHF8X0Z
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: that does it

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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