do it

See also: doit

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Verb

do it (third-person singular simple present does it, present participle doing it, simple past did it, past participle done it)

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see do,‎ it.

   You did it! And in record time! Congratulations!

2. (colloquial) To be appealing.

   A green shirt with orange slacks really doesn’t do it for me, I’m afraid.

3. (slang, euphemistic) To have sex.
   • 1988, Michael Weikath, "Rise and Fall", Helloween, Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part II.

     The king of Los Angeles / Bought himself a teddy bear / And the queen became shameless / She did it with a chair

   He was upstairs doing it with her.

4. (rare, slang, euphemistic) To urinate.

   Rover Dangerfield sang "I'll Never Do It on a Christmas Tree".

See also

• that does it