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ado
1/ əˈduː /
noun
- bustling activity; fuss; bother; delay (esp in the phrases without more ado, with much ado )
ADO
2abbreviation for
- accumulated day off
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of ado1
Idioms and Phrases
- without further ado, without additional preamble, preliminaries, or other delay:
Well, without further ado, let's get down to the details of our master plan.
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Without further ado, here are the craziest—and most sensible—theories of how True Detective will come to a close.
So, without further ado, here are the craziest moments in The Wolf of Wall Street.
Without further ado, the most relatable lines from the Girls season three trailer.
So without further ado, here are eight of the best long takes ever made.
Pictured above is the sculpture titled Hopeful Had Much Ado from Pilgrim's Progress.
Then he clapped his fiddle under his chin and without more ado struck up "Bobbing Joan."
And, without more ado, he caught up a chair and held it before him in readiness to receive the other's onslaught.
Mademoiselle Marthe eats elegantly, without any ado or any noise, just like a grown-up lady.
If he is not so compassionate, he will lay his finger on the wound without more ado.
Without more ado they secured a broken shovel and two case-knives and began operations.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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