D
Idioms beginning with "D"
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[double-park] {v.}
To park a car beside another car which is at the curb.
Jimmy's father double-parked his car and the police gave him a ticket.
If you double-park, you block other cars from passing.
[double-talk] {n.}
1. Something said that is worded, either on purpose or by accident, so that it may be understood in two or more different ways.
The politician avoided the question with double-talk.
2. Something said that does not make sense; […]
[double up] {v.}
1. To bend far over forward.
Jim was hit by the baseball and doubled up with pain.
2. To share a room, bed, or home with another.
When relatives came for a visit, Ann had to double up with her sister.
[do up] {v.}
1a. To clean and prepare for use or wear; launder.
Ann asked her mother to do up her dress.
1b. To put in order; straighten up; clean.
At camp the girls have to do up their own cabins.
2. To tie up or wrap.
* /Joan asked the […]
[do up brown] {v. phr.}, {slang}
To do in a thorough or complete way.
When Jim does a job, he does it up brown.
[do well by] {v. phr.}
To benefit; help; treat exceptionally well.
In his will Grandpa did well by all of his grandchildren and left each of them one million dollars.
[do with] {v.}
1. To find enough for one's needs; manage. — Usually follows "can".
Some children can do with very little spending money.
Compare: [GET ALONG], [MAKE DO].
2. To make use of; find useful or helpful. — Follows "can" or "could".
* […]
[do without] or [go without] {v.}
1. To live or work without (something you want); manage without.
Ann said that she likes candy, but can do without it.
We had to go without hot food because the stove was broken.
2. To live or work without […]
[down and out] {adj. phr.}
Without money; without a job or home; broke.
Poor Sam lost his job after his wife had left him; he is really down and out.