did

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/ dɪd /

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verb

simple past tense of do¹.

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How to use did in a sentence

Notice first that I wrote “has the economy created” rather than “did Obama create/did Bush create.”
Why You Don’t Know Obama Has Created 4.5 Million Jobs|Michael Tomasky|July 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He was taking twenty 80mg tabs of Oxy a day!Did he have any sober periods?
'Celebrity Rehab' Counselor: Mindy McCready Won't Be the Last|Maer Roshan|February 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST
That what-did-he-know question may linger as the investigations mount.
Murdoch Empire at Risk|Howard Kurtz|July 8, 2011|DAILY BEAST
She pulled the sheet over her head to shut out the noise; but still she heard the singing, "Katy-did-it!"
Our Little Ones and The Nursery, Vol. V, No. 9, July 1885|Various

Another bird which is now incubating eggs on the ground is the did-he-do-it or red-wattled lapwing (Sarcogrammus indicus).
A Bird Calendar for Northern India|Douglas Dewar
He saved me from the poorhouseyes, he did!jest to git all the work out o me he couldto hear him tell it!
Ruth Fielding At Sunrise Farm|Alice B. Emerson
He really had no hope of starting it at that figure so he over-did it that time.
Polly in New York|Lillian Elizabeth Roy
D-d-did you say that you drove her over to the Spanish Causeway yesterday?
Quick Action|Robert W. Chambers

British Dictionary definitions for did

did

/ (dɪd) /

verb

the past tense of do 1

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