do's and don'ts

1. Rules or customs concerning some activity, as in It's important to know the do's and don'ts of diplomatic receptions. This expression alludes to what one should and should not do or say. [c. 1900]

Example Sentences

The DMA is part of the European Union's bolstered legal armoury that seeks to make the digital sphere fairer with a list of do's and don'ts for Big Tech.

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Here to break down all the do’s and don’ts of making shortcrust pastry is Bridget Vickers, senior chef-instructor at the Institute of Culinary Education’s Los Angeles campus.

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A professor at Kabul University told the BBC that under such circumstances, they are forced to prepare textbook chapters themselves, taking into account the do's and don'ts imposed by the Taliban government.

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Take Johnson’s character Lucy, who clacks her way through the West Village in stilettos and a tailored blazer, treating clients for the matchmaking business she works for, Adore, to coffee as she runs down their dating do's and don'ts and dealbreakers.

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But in our hour-long conversation, Topol discussed several do’s and don’ts for anyone seeking to make 80 the new 50.

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