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DO IT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Have sexual intercourse with

Example:

Were you ever intimate with this man?

Synonyms:

sleep with; sleep together; screw; roll in the hay; make out; make love; love; lie with; know; jazz; hump; have sex; have it off; have it away; have intercourse; have a go at it; get laid; get it on; fuck; eff; do it; bonk; bed; be intimate; bang

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "do it" is one way to...):

copulate; couple; mate; pair (engage in sexual intercourse)

Verb group:

make out; neck (kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "do it"):

have; take (have sex with; archaic use)

fornicate (have sex without being married)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Credits

 Context examples: 

If the label says don't give to children under a certain age or weight, don't do it.

(Medicines and Children, Food and Drug Administration)

Well, you just put your trust in Ben Gunn—Ben Gunn's the man to do it.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

They don't do it on purpose, and most outgrow it.

(Bedwetting, NIH)

You do it slowly, by bits.

(New Brazilian fertilizer can boost productivity, Agência BRASIL)

The father was glad to do it, for he thought: “It will train the boy a little.”

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Another question: if dogs can do it, can we build a nose that does it better?

(The Dog's Nose Knows Malaria, Kevin Enochs/VOA)

Now, researchers believe they have figured out how they do it—by using the Earth's magnetic field as a natural GPS.

(Antarctic seals may use Earth's magnetic field to navigate while hunting, NSF)

But understanding just how they do it remains a question.

(Microbes are at work in our bodies, and researchers have figured out what they're up to, National Science Foundation)

“Well, Mr. Utterson, you are a hard man to satisfy, but I’ll do it yet,” said Poole.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

“It would be a real pleasure to me to do it, sir,” and the famous prize-fighter, as the two walked towards us.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)