"do the deed" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: does the deed [present, singular, third-person], doing the deed [participle, present], did the deed [past], done the deed [participle, past]
Etymology: Earliest attested usage is from Middle English: 1340, Ayenbite of Inwyt "Ȝete þai ben al clene; Haue þai no dede y-done" ("Yet they are all clean; They have not had intercourse"); and in 1443, Reginald Pecock, The Rule of Christian Religion: "By force hath he..don that dede, That he hath reft hire of hire maydenhede." (By force he has done that deed, That he has deprived her of her virginity.) Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|-}} Middle English Head templates: {{en-verb|do<does,,did,done> the deed}} do the deed (third-person singular simple present does the deed, present participle doing the deed, simple past did the deed, past participle done the deed)
  1. (euphemistic) To have sex. Tags: euphemistic Categories (topical): Sex
    Sense id: en-do_the_deed-en-verb-z2n28Vuc Disambiguation of Sex: 95 5 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 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 79 21 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 82 18
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: to do a given deed. Synonyms: copulate Derived forms: deedworthy
    Sense id: en-do_the_deed-en-verb-AH7jQno1 Categories (other): &lit not valid pagename

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