doings
Britishplural noun
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deeds, actions or events
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informal anything of which the name is not known, or euphemistically left unsaid, etc
have you got the doings for starting the car?
Example Sentences
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The former governor has said he knew nothing about the doings of his secretary.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
His mother, who likes talking on the phone, kept him informed on all the doings in town.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 17, 2025
Shortly after their win, the internet was awash with rumors about the less-than-perfect doings of PG One’s personal life.
From Seattle Times • May 2, 2024
That’s pretty much true of “La Syndicaliste,” a tangled if certainly watchable French true-crime drama about dirty political doings in the nation’s nuclear energy industry.
From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2023
The treasury clerk, Joshua Dawson, did note “fine doings in the River, easy means of smuggling, & most likely, little precaution taken to prevent it.”
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
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