do with
Britishverb
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to find useful; benefit from
she could do with a night's sleep
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to be involved in or connected with
his illness has a lot to do with his failing the exam
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concerning; related to
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to put or place
what did you do with my coat?
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to handle or treat
what are we going to do with these hooligans?
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to fill one's time usefully
she didn't know what to do with herself when term ended
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Example Sentences
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Felix on being at Wembley when Palace won last season's FA Cup: I had so many mad journeys and adventures in the book, and it almost became about finding the game that had the story behind it that had nothing to do with football, but was about the people I met or even me personally.
From BBC
My suspicion is that your issues with this boy have less to do with his debt and are more linked to what you think it says about his character.
From MarketWatch
However, he said that during the pre-Budget process, the numbers improved and "it became clear to me and others that we might be able to do what we needed to do with our priorities without that manifesto breach".
From BBC
But that has nothing to do with Mount's ability.
From BBC
The three, played by Richard Pryor, Harvey Keitel and Yaphet Kotto, disagree over what to do with the information.
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