do
auxiliary verb (TO AVOID REPEATING) /də/ /du/ /duː/ (did, done)Definition
B1 used to avoid repeating a verb or verb phrase: She runs much faster than he does. Maria looks much healthier than she did. "I don't like intense heat." "Nor/Neither do I." "I hate intense heat." "So do I." "You left your umbrella." "So I did. I'm becoming so forgetful these days." "Would you mind tidying up the kitchen?" "I already have done." "May I join you?" "Please do!" "Who said that?" "I did." "Tilly speaks fluent Japanese." "Does she really?" "I thought I'd take a day off school today." "Oh no you don't (= I'm not going to let you do that)!"
(Definition of do auxiliary verb (TO AVOID REPEATING) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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do a runner idiom
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do as you think best idiom
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do as you would be done by idiom
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do auxiliary verb (FOR EMPHASIS)
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do auxiliary verb (FOR QUESTIONS/NEGATIVES)
- do auxiliary verb (TO AVOID REPEATING)
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do away with sb phrasal verb
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do away with sth phrasal verb
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do battle idiom
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do bears shit in the woods? idiom
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do bird idiom
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