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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
do numbers en · VERB
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(idiomatic) To be popular, as measured by engagement or sales metrics.
I wasn't made for no casket or no prison cell / Every title doin' numbers like I'm Miss Adele
2018 June 29, Aubrey Graham, Maneesh Bidaye, Christopher Martin, “Sandra's Rose” (track 10), in Scorpion, performed by Drake, Cash Money Records; Republic Records; Young Money Entertainment:By now, my Instagram posts are doing numbers, but inside, I feel dead. Full, but dead.
2017 December 15, Ruby Lott-Lavigna, “I Spent a Day Eating at the Most Instagrammable Restaurants of 2017”, in VICE:
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