D
Idioms beginning with "D"
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Contents of D:
[do one's best] {v. phr.}
To perform at one's optimum capacity; spare no effort in fulfilling one's duties.
* /"I've really done my best teaching you people," the tired professor said on the last day of classes. "I hope you got something out of this […]
[do one's bit] or [part] {v. phr.}
To shoulder one's share of responsibility in a communal undertaking; shirk one's obligation.
"Let me go home and rest, fellows, " John said. "I think I've done my bit for this project. "
[do one's thing] or [do one's own thing] {v. phr.}, {informal}
1. To do what one does well and actually enjoys doing.
Two thousand fans paid $15 each to hear the rock group do their thing.
2. To follow one's bent; for example, to be engaged in […]
[do one's worst] {v. phr.}
To do one's utmost by resorting to every foul means possible.
Hitler did his worst to drive out the Allied invasion from Europe, but he failed.
[door]
See:
[AT DEATH'S DOOR],
[AT ONE'S DOOR],
[CLOSED-DOOR],
[CLOSE ITS DOORS],
[CLOSE THE DOOR] or [BAR THE DOOR] or [SHUT THE DOOR],
[DARKEN ONE'S DOOR] or [DARKEN THE DOOR],
[FOOT IN THE DOOR],
[KEEP THE WOLF FROM THE DOOR],
[LAY AT ONE'S […]
[do-or-die] {adj.}
Strongly decided, very eager and determined.
With a real do-or-die spirit the team scored two touchdowns in the last five minutes of the game.
* /The other army was larger but our men showed a do-or-die determination and won the […]
[do over] {v. phr.}
1. To renovate; redecorate.
The new owners are going to do over the entire building in the fall.
2. To repeat.
Please do that math problem over until you get it right.
[dope out] {v.}, {slang}
To think of something that explains.
The detectives tried to dope out why the man was murdered.
Syn.: [FIGURE OUT].