~ 1
■ verb ( ~es ; ~ing ; past did ; past participle ~ne )
1》 perform or carry out (an action).
↘work on (something) to bring it to completion or to a required state.
↘make, produce, or provide.
↘work at for a living or take as one's subject of study.
↘ informal take (a narcotic drug).
2》 achieve or complete (a specified target).
↘ informal visit as a tourist.
↘ informal spend (a specified period of time) in a particular occupation or in prison.
↘( be/have ~ne with ) give up concern for; have finished with.
3》 act or progress in a specified way.
↘have a specified result or effect on.
4》 be suitable or acceptable.
5》 informal beat up or kill.
↘ Brit. swindle.
6》 (usu. be/get ~ne for ) Brit. informal prosecute; convict.
■ auxiliary verb
1》 used before a verb in questions and negative statements.
2》 used to refer back to a verb already mentioned.
3》 used in commands, or to give emphasis to a positive verb.
4》 used with inversion of a subject and verb when an adverbial phrase begins a clause for emphasis.
■ noun ( plural ~s or ~'s ) Brit. informal a party or other social event.
Phrases
be (or have ) to ~ with be concerned or connected with.
~ one's head in Brit. informal make one extremely angry or agitated.
~ or die persist, even if failure or death is the result.
~s and ~n'ts rules of behaviour.
that ~es it! informal indicating that one will not tolerate something any longer.
Phrasal verbs
~ away with informal put an end to; abolish or kill.
~ by treat or deal with in a specified way: she did well by them.
~ someone ~wn Brit. informal criticize someone.
~ for
1》 informal defeat, ruin, or kill.
2》 suffice for.
~ something (or nothing ) for informal enhance (or detract from) the appearance or quality of.
~ someone in informal
1》 kill someone.
2》 ( be ~ne in ) be tired out.
~ someone out of informal deprive someone of (something) in an underhand or unfair way.
~ something out Brit. informal decorate or furnish a room or building in a particular way.
~ someone/thing over Brit. informal
1》 beat someone up.
2》 ransack a place.
~ something up
1》 fasten, wrap, or arrange something.
2》 informal renovate or redecorate a room or building.
3》
be ~ne up be dressed impressively.
~ with
1》 ( can/could ~ with ) would find useful or would like to have or ~: I could ~ with a cup of coffee.
2》 ( can't/won't be ~ing with ) Brit. be unwilling to tolerate.
Derivatives
~able adjective ( informal ).
~er noun
Origin
OE dōn , of Gmc origin.
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~ 2
■ noun variant spelling of ~h 1 .