Definition of to-do
to-donoun
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/tə ˈduː//tə ˈduː/Word Originlate 16th cent.: from to do as in much to do, originally meaning “much needing to be done” but later interpreted as the adjective much and a noun; compare with ado.
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Related words and phrases
All matches
- to-do listnoun
- well-to-doadjective
- look to to do
- go on to do
- prevail on to do
- prevail upon to do
- fall over yourself to do
- to-do lists
- be concerned to do something
- go on to do something
- fall over yourself to do something
- lie with somebody (to do something)
- prevail on somebody to do something
- prevail upon somebody to do something
- rest with somebody (to do something)
- be queuing up (for something/to do something)
- look to somebody for something | look to somebody to do something
- write in (to somebody/something) (for something/to do something)
- do well to do something
- do something to death
Phrasal verbs
- go on to do something
- fall over yourself to do something
- lie with somebody (to do something)
- prevail on somebody to do something
- prevail upon somebody to do something
- rest with somebody (to do something)
- be queuing up (for something/to do something)
- look to somebody for something | look to somebody to do something
- write in (to somebody/something) (for something/to do something)
Idioms
- do well to do something
- do something to death
- do things to somebody
- to do the decent thing
- so as to do something
- be sure to do something
- do violence to something
- be about to do something
- beg leave to do something
- be bursting to do something
- be favoured to do something
- feel free (to do something)
- be fixing to do something
- be going to do something
- at liberty to do something
- be looking to do something
- in order (to do something)
- in order to do something
- be not about to do something
- be born to be/do something