do
/du/ auxiliary verb (present tense does /dʌz/, /dəz/, past tense did /dɪd/) (FOR EMPHASIS)Definition
› used to give extra force to the main verb: Do be careful. I did say she was a liar, but I was wrong. "Can I buy stamps here?" "Well, we do sell them, but we’re out of them right now."
(Definition of do auxiliary verb (FOR EMPHASIS) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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