doing

doing
doing early 13c., verbal noun from DO (Cf. do). From c.1600-1800 it also was a euphemism for "copulation."

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  • doing — do|ing [ duıŋ ] noun be someone s doing to be someone s fault: We re very late, and it s all your doing. take some doing used for saying that something will be very difficult to do: It will take some doing to finish this before five o clock …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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