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To do away with something means to remove it completely or put an end to it.

If one person does away with another, the first murders the second. If you do away with yourself, you kill yourself.

To do someone in means to kill them.

If you do something up, you fasten it.

If you say that a person or room is done up in a particular way, you mean they are dressed or decorated in that way, often a way that is rather ridiculous or extreme.

If you do without something you need, want, or usually have, you are able to survive, continue, or succeed although you do not have it.

If you say that you could do without something, you mean that you would prefer not to have it or it is of no benefit to you.

If you say that you could do with something, you mean that you need it or would benefit from it.

You can ask someone what they did with something as another way of asking them where they put it.

If you ask what someone or something is doing in a particular place, you are asking why they are there.

If you say that one thing has something to do with or is something to do with another thing, you mean that the two things are connected or that the first thing is about the second thing.

If someone tells you the dos and don'ts of a particular situation, they advise you what you should and should not do in that situation.

Do is used to form the negative of main verbs, by putting 'not' after 'do' and before the main verb in its infinitive form, that is the form without 'to'.

Do is used to form questions, by putting the subject after 'do' and before the main verb in its infinitive form, that is the form without 'to'.

Do is used in question tags.

You use do when you are confirming or contradicting a statement containing 'do', or giving a negative or positive answer to a question.

Do can be used to refer back to another verb group when you are comparing or contrasting two things, or saying that they are the same.

You use do after 'so' and 'nor' to say that the same statement is true for two people or groups.

When you do something, you take some action or perform an activity or task. Do is often used instead of a more specific verb, to talk about a common action involving a particular thing. For example you can say 'do your hair' instead of 'brush your hair'.

Do can be used to stand for any verb group, or to refer back to another verb group, including one that was in a previous sentence.

You can use do in a clause at the beginning of a sentence after words like 'what' and 'all', to give special emphasis to the information that comes at the end of the sentence.

If you do a particular thing with something, you use it in that particular way.

If you do something about a problem, you take action to try to solve it.

If an action or event does a particular thing, such as harm or good, it has that result or effect.

If you ask someone what they do, you want to know what their job or profession is.

If you are doing something, you are busy or active in some way, or have planned an activity for some time in the future.

If you say that someone or something does well or badly, you are talking about how successful or unsuccessful they are.

You can use do when referring to the speed or rate that something or someone achieves or is able to achieve.

If someone does drugs, they take illegal drugs.

If you say that something will do or will do you, you mean that there is enough of it or that it is of good enough quality to meet your requirements or to satisfy you.

If you do a subject, author, or book, you study them at school or college.