DO NOTHING / NOT DO ANYTHING BY HALVES

Meaning of DO NOTHING / NOT DO ANYTHING BY HALVES in English

to do whatever you do completely and thoroughly :

You're expecting twins? Well, you never did do anything by halves.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DO — I. (|)dü, _də or +V _dəw verb ( past first & third singular did (|)did, _dəd ; or nonstandard done …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DO — do 1 /dooh/ ; unstressed /doo, deuh/ , v. and auxiliary v., pres. sing. 1st pers. do , 2nd do …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DO — I. ˈdü verb ( did ˈdid, dəd ; done ˈdən ; do·ing ˈdü-iŋ ; does ˈdəz) Etymology: Middle English don, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DO — noun deed; act; fear. 2. do ·noun a cheat; a swindle. 3. do ·noun ado; bustle; stir; to do. 4. …
Webster English vocab
DO
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DO — v. & n. --v. (3rd sing. present does; past did; past part. done) 1 tr. perform, carry out, achieve, complete …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DO — v. & n. v. (3rd sing. present does; past did; past part. done) 1 tr. perform, carry out, achieve, complete …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DO — 1. v. & n. --v. (3rd sing. present does; past did; past part. done) 1. tr. perform, carry out, achieve, …
Oxford English vocab
DO — I. AUXILIARY VERB USES /də, STRONG du:/ ( does, doing, did, done) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DO — verb 1 DO · HAVE · MAKE · TAKE Many phrases begin with a very common very such as do, …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
DO — I (полная форма); (редуцированные формы) 1. гл.; прош. вр. - did, прич. прош. вр. - done 1) делать, выполнять, осуществлять …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DO — do.ogg _I 1. du: n ( pl dos, do's du:z ) 1. разг. обман, мошенничество, надувательство; «розыгрыш» nothing but a …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DO — _I 1. du: n ( pl dos, do's du:z ) 1. разг. обман, мошенничество, надувательство; «розыгрыш» nothing but a do …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
DO — I du: (полная форма); du , də , d (редуцированные формы) 1. гл. ; прош. вр. - did , прич. …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
DO — I [¬ѓ] (полная форма); [¬Ќ], [¬†], [¬] (редуцированные формы) do.wav 1. гл.; прош. вр. - did, прич. прош. вр. - done 1) а) …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
DO — _I du: (полная форма); du , dʌ , d (редуцированные формы) 1. _v. (did - done) 1> делать, выполнять; to …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
DO — do n 1. infml He goes only to a few of the main do's just to put in an appearance …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
DO — I (полная форма); (редуцированные формы) 1. гл.; прош. вр. - did, прич. прош. вр. - done 1) делать, выполнять, осуществлять …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
HALVES — see: half
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
NOTHING — I. ˈnəthiŋ, -thēŋ pronoun Etymology: Middle English nothing, nathing, non thing, from Old English nāthing, nān thing, from nān no …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NOT — I. |nät, usu -äd.+V adverb or -nt or -n't (ə)n(t), ( ə )n(t) ; also -not (|)nät sometimes -_nət, usu …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BY — I. |bī also especially bef cons bə preposition Etymology: Middle English, preposition & adverb, from Old English be, bī, preposition, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
HALVES — plural of half or present third singular of halve
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HALVES — (n.) pl. of Half.
Английский словарь Webster
HALVES — (pl. ) of Half
Английский словарь Webster
ANYTHING — (n.) Any object, act, state, event, or fact whatever; thing of any kind; something or other; aught; as, I would …
Английский словарь Webster
HALVES — ( pl. ) of Half
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HALVES — ( n. ) pl. of Half.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ANYTHING — ( n. ) Any object, act, state, event, or fact whatever; thing of any kind; something or other; aught; as, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
NOTHING — /nuth"ing/ , n. 1. no thing; not anything; naught: to say nothing. 2. no part, share, or trace (usually fol. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HALVES — /havz, hahvz/ , n. 1. pl. of half . 2. by halves , a. incompletely or partially: to do things …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BY — by 1 /buy/ , prep., adv., adj., n., pl. byes . prep. 1. near to or next to: a home …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ANYTHING — /en"ee thing'/ , pron. 1. any thing whatever; something, no matter what: Do you have anything for a toothache? n. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HALVES — n. two equal parts of something; (Sports) segments of time periods into which a game is divided
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
NOTHING — I. ˈnə-thiŋ pronoun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English nān thing, nāthing, from nān no + thing thing — more …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BY — I. ˈbī, before consonants also bə preposition Etymology: Middle English, preposition & adverb, from Old English, preposition, be, bī; akin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ANYTHING — I. -ˌthiŋ pronoun Date: before 12th century : any thing whatever : any such thing II. adverb Date: before 12th …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HALVES — plural of half
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NOTHING — noun a cipher; naught. 2. nothing ·adv in no degree; not at all; in no wise. 3. nothing ·noun nonexistence; …
Webster English vocab
HALVES — noun ·pl of half. 2. halves ·pl of half.
Webster English vocab
BY — (·pref.) against. 2. by ·adv aside; as, to lay by; to put by. 3. by (·pref.) on; along; in traversing. …
Webster English vocab
ANYTHING — adv in any measure; anywise; at all. 2. anything ·noun expressing an indefinite comparison; with as or like. 3. …
Webster English vocab
HALVES — plural form of half .
Concise Oxford English vocab
NOTHING — [noth.ing] pron [ME, fr. OE nan thing, nathing, fr. nan no + thing thing--more at none] (bef. 12c) 1: not …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HALVES — [halves] pl of half
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ANYTHING — [any.thing] pron (bef. 12c): any thing whatever: any such thing [2]anything adv (bef. 12c): at all
Merriam-Webster English vocab
NOTHING — nothing BrE AmE ˈnʌθ ɪŋ § \ ˈnɒθ- ▷ nothing|ness nəs nɪs ▶ ˌ nothing ˈ doing BrE AmE ▶ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HALVES — halves from ▷ half, halve hɑːvz AmE \ hævz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
ANYTHING — anything BrE AmE ˈen i θɪŋ -ə-; !!-θɪŋk —also weak form ən-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
NOTHING — / ˈnʌθɪŋ; NAmE / pronoun 1. not anything; no single thing : There was nothing in her bag. There's nothing …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HALVES — pl. of half
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BY — / baɪ; NAmE / preposition , adverb ■ preposition 1. near sb/sth; at the side of sb/sth; beside sb/sth : …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ANYTHING — / ˈeniθɪŋ; NAmE / pronoun 1. used instead of something in negative sentences and in questions; after if / whether …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NOTHING — I. noth ‧ ing 1 S1 W1 /ˈnʌθɪŋ/ BrE AmE pronoun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: nan thing , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NOT — not S1 W1 /nɒt $ nɑːt/ BrE AmE adverb [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Origin: nought ] 1 . used to …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HALVES — halves /hɑːvz $ hævz/ BrE AmE 1 . the plural of ↑ half 2 . go halves (with somebody) British …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BY — I. by 1 S1 W1 /baɪ/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ; Origin: be , bi ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ANYTHING — an ‧ y ‧ thing S1 W1 /ˈeniθɪŋ/ BrE AmE pronoun 1 . any thing, event, situation etc, when it …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NOTHING — n. & adv. --n. 1 not anything (nothing has been done; have nothing to do). 2 no thing (often foll. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HALVES — pl. of HALF.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BY — prep., adv., & n. --prep. 1 near, beside, in the region of (stand by the door; sit by me; path …
Английский основной разговорный словарь

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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