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do with

British

verb

to find useful; benefit from

she could do with a night's sleep
to be involved in or connected with

his illness has a lot to do with his failing the exam
concerning; related to
1. to put or place
  
  what did you do with my coat?
2. to handle or treat
  
  what are we going to do with these hooligans?
3. to fill one's time usefully
  
  she didn't know what to do with herself when term ended

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do with Idioms

Put up or manage with, as in I can do with very little sleep. [Early 1800s] Also see can do with; have to do with.

Example Sentences

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“Part of that’s going to be personnel driven, part of that’s going to be probably style‑of‑play driven, mentality, and certainly the head coach has a lot to do with it.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

"We check what we do with the best lawyers, with the best experts," Infantino insisted.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Read: What should I do with my body when I die?

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

At first glance, one might think the boldness brimming from Rebecca Zlotowski’s “A Private Life” has something to do with the film being Jodie Foster’s first entirely French-speaking role.

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026

And it had nothing to do with it already being inhabited by a very talkative hare.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el

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