to-do
[ tuh-doo ]
/ təˈdu /
noun, plural to-dos. Informal.
bustle; fuss: They made a great to-do over the dinner.
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agitation, unrest, hassle, hurrah, racket, flap, whirl, disturbance, hubbub, hoopla, performance, clamor, stir, furor, pother, turmoil, fuss, hoo-ha, bustle, ruction
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to-do
/ (təˈduː) /
noun plural -dos
a commotion, fuss, or quarrel
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to-do
1570s, from the verb phrase to do, from Old English to don "proper or necessary to be done" (see to). Meaning "disturbance, fuss" is first recorded 1827.
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