don't
contraction of do not.
Nonstandard except in some dialects. contraction of does not.
don'ts, customs, rules, or regulations that forbid something: The boss has a long list of don'ts that you had better observe if you want a promotion.: Compare do1 (def. 55).
Origin of don't
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How to use don't in a sentence
They just dont get that there is a reason the Queen has only ever holidayed at her estate in Balmoral in Scotland.
The British Royals Dubious Love Affair With Repressive Kazakhstan | Tom Sykes | March 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWrite me at the Hotel Quintana Pamplona Spain Or dont you like to write letters.
Ernest Hemingway’s Macho Letter to F. Scott Fitzgerald | Ernest Hemingway | October 6, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTI dont know of many people who refer to the civil rights bill as the Everett Dirksen bill.
There is always a story that maybe you dont know looking from the outside in.
"Asian people generally dont have the DNA to play soccer," says Song Zimang, 24, a university student from Beijing.
De moi, je ne say qu'en dire, d'autant que je ne veux affirmer ny le si ny le non en ce dont je n'ay vidence.
Est avenu que ledit Martin huit iours apres son baptme a est frapp de ce mal, dont il est mort.
Et de verit vn Pasteur est excusable qui manque faire chose dont il n'a connoissance.
You actually ran away while Mrs. Bird was over here yesterday, and you dont even go to see Miss Jewett!
Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline | Jennie M. DrinkwaterDont you remember that handsome house near Mayfield, just above Lauras?
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British Dictionary definitions for don't
/ (dəʊnt) /
do not
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