- (British English, informal) a party; a social event
- Are you having a big do for your birthday?
- I suppose we should have a bit of a do to celebrate.
- They’re having some special do in London.
- (especially North American English, informal) the style in which a person's hair is arranged synonym hairdo
- I like your new do, Alex.
Word OriginOld English dōn, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch doen and German tun, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek tithēmi ‘I place’ and Latin facere ‘make, do’.
Idioms
See do in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarydos and don’ts
(also do’s and don’ts)
- (informal) rules that you should follow
- Here are some dos and don'ts for exercise during pregnancy.
fair dos/do’s (British English)
(also fair’s fair British and North American English)
(informal)- used to ask for fair treatment or to claim that a situation is fair
- Fair dos—we were here first.
- Fair do's—you can't expect them to cancel everything just because you can't make it.
- Come on, fair dos—you’ve had your chance, now let me try.
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