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(syntactic marker) (auxiliary) {{n-g|A syntactic marker.}}

{{n-g|A syntactic marker in a question whose main verb is not another auxiliary verb or (be).}}

{{n-g|A syntactic marker in negations with the indicative and imperative moods.}}

{{n-g|A syntactic marker for emphasis with the indicative, imperative, and subjunctive moods.}}

(pro-verb) {{n-g|A syntactic marker that refers back to an earlier verb and allows the speaker to avoid repeating the verb; in most dialects, not used with auxiliaries such as (be), though it can be in AAVE.}}

(informal) {{cap|ought}} to ({{ng|especially in respect of a task to be repeated}}).

(dialectal) {{n-g|Used to form the present progressive of verbs.}}

(to perform or execute) To perform; to execute. +

(obsolete) To cause or make (someone) (do something).

(to suffice) To suffice.

To be reasonable or acceptable.

(ditransitive) To have (as an effect).

To fare, perform (well or poorly).

To (fare#Verb) well; to (thrive); to (prosper); (of livestock) to (fatten).

(in questions) To have as one's job.

To perform the tasks or actions associated with (something).

To cook. +

To travel in or through, to tour, to make a circuit of.

To treat in a certain way.

To work for or on, by way of caring for, looking after, preparing, cleaning, keeping in order, etc.

(obsolete) To act or behave in a certain manner; to conduct oneself.

To spend (time) in jail. (''See also do time'') +

To impersonate or depict. +

(with 'a' and the name of a person, place, event, etc.) To copy or emulate the actions or behaviour that is associated with the person or thing mentioned.

(slang) To kill. +

(slang) To deal with for good and all; to finish up; to undo; to ruin; to do for.

(informal) To punish for a misdemeanor.

(slang) To have sex with. (''See also'' (do it)) +

To cheat or swindle. +

To convert into a certain form; especially, to translate.

To finish.

(finance) To cash or to advance money for, as a bill or note.

(informal) To make or provide. +

(informal) To provide as a service. +

(informal) To injure (one's own body part).

To take (a drug).

(in the form ''be doing [somewhere]'') To exist with a purpose or for a reason.

To drive a vehicle at a certain speed, especially in regard to a speed limit.

(chiefly used with verbs) {{rfdef|en}}

(informal) A party, celebration, social function; usually of moderate size and formality. +

(hairdo)(informal) (hairdo).

(fossilized) Something that can or should be done.

(UK) Something that has been done.

(archaic) Ado; bustle; stir; to-do; A period of confusion or argument. +

(slang) A cheat; a swindler.

(slang) An act of swindling; a fraud or deception.

(slang) A homicide.

(music) (music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the first and eighth tonic of a major scale. +

(archaic) (ditto).

The cardinal number occurring after (el) and before do one in a duodecimal system. Written 10, decimal value 12.