to-do

[ tuh-doo ]

/ təˈdu /

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noun, plural to-dos.Informal.

bustle; fuss: They made a great to-do over the dinner.

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Origin of to-do

before 900; Middle English, Old English; noun use of infinitive phrase; see to, do¹, ado

synonym study for to-do

See ado.

Words nearby to-do

toddlerhood, toddy, toddy palm, toddy table, to death, to-do, to-do list, Todt, tody, toe, toea

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How to use to-do in a sentence

First on the to-do list, the profiling exercises to help the Western masses understand the nature of the wretched beast.
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You never see a boxer come out of a well-to-do family because they have nothing to fight for.
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Most of us are busy enough without adding yet another item to our to-do lists each day.
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She reportedly told police that she had 200 well-to-do customers.
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She works as a maid, scrubbing floors and toilets of the well-to-do families in West Hartford, Connecticut.
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With time this land had mounted to great values and the holders had been made well-to-do thereby.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
His parents were of the well-to-do farming class, occupied from one year's end to the other with the work of the fields.
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“But it certainly was a great to-do,” murmured Jessie, as she tried to see what the boys were doing.
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Widder Morse wants to ape these well-to-do folks that live tother end o Whiffle Street.
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A relative of the Virlaz family, well-to-do Jewish furriers of Leipsic.
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British Dictionary definitions for to-do

to-do

/ (təˈduː) /

noun plural -dos

a commotion, fuss, or quarrel

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