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do

noun [C] (PARTY)
 
 
// /du/ /duː/ /duː/ (plural dos) mainly UK informal

Definition

a party or other social event: Colin's having a bit of a do for his 50th birthday. It was one of those dos where nobody really knew each other.Informal words for parties
(Definition of do noun (PARTY) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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