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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

do out en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (colloquial, transitive) To decorate, tidy, or clean (a place).
    • After two days' absence, with the easy casuistry of her circumstances, the lady had decided that he was not returning and had proceeded to "do out" the room for the next tenant. 1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
did out Tense=Past lexicographic
done out Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
does out Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
doing out Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic