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
With imprisoned Feathers possessing alarmingly honed hacking skills, however, sinister doings will soon be afoot.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 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
It’s always interesting to peek in on the big doings of the New York Young Republicans Club, based in Manhattan.
From Washington Times • Aug. 27, 2023
They didn’t know how to account for his strange doings but, to their credit, they were willing to let bygones be bygones.
From "Bunnicula" by Deborah Howe and James Howe
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