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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

do a never en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (UK, dated, slang) To mess about; to idle instead of working.
    • The Chief Buffer has got a howl on now because he got a blast from Torps, as so many of the part of ship hands were doing a never on the messdecks instead of working the main derrick. 1943, Robert Burgess, Roland Blackburn, We Joined the Navy:

Forms

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done a never Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
does a never Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
did a never Tense=Past lexicographic
doing a never Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic