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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They didn’t fire Espada, owner Jim Crane said, because he’s “doing what he can do with what he’s got”—a not-so-subtle jab at the Astros’ flawed roster.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
“The related dislocation has to do with investors expecting the memory cycle to be over, while underwriting continued CPU growth through 2030.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
Did the pope have anything to do with the turnaround?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
That had a lot to do with why the shift happened so big.
From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2026
“I’d like to point out that I wanted nothing to do with this,” I hissed back.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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