can do with

See also: to do with

English

Verb

can do with

1. (transitive, usually with could) To need; to want; to be in a position to benefit from.
   • 1996 March, D. William Shunn, “Celestial Mechanics.”, in Fantasy & Science Fiction, volume 90, number 3, page 109:

     His hair was thinning and slicked back, and he could have done with a good shave.

   • 2000 Spring, Jervis Anderson, “England in Jamaica.”, in American Scholar, volume 69, number 2, page 15:

     In fact, while balking at the cruel burden he had imposed on me, I thought that his mind could do with some improvement

See also

• could do with, could do without
• can do without
• could have done with, could have done without