do with

English

Etymology 1

Verb

do with

1. (archaic) Synonym of deal with.
   • 1895, letter quoted in 2017, Peter Joseph Drake, Merchants, Bankers, Governors (page 156)

     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 […]

   • 1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC:

     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.

Etymology 2

Verb

do with

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