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do with en · VERB · etymology 1

Meanings

1. (archaic) Synonym of deal with.
   • Stokesey is a most amiable man to do with. I know him slightly. His attitude to you was evidently the outcome of the circumstances. We shall all get along very nicely. 1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC:
   • In Anderson you have evidently a very clever and difficult man to do with, and one who if he had his own way would do you no favour […] 1895, letter quoted in 2017, Peter Joseph Drake, Merchants, Bankers, Governors (page 156)

Synonyms

deal with

do with en · VERB · etymology 2

Meanings

1. Only used in to do with
2. Only used in can do with
3. Only used in make do with
4. Only used in could do with