TAKE SOME / A LOT OF DOING

Meaning of TAKE SOME / A LOT OF DOING in English

( informal ) to need a lot of effort or time; to be very difficult to do

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

TAKE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DOING
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DOING — THAT WAS YOUR ~: ta vu es culpabil, pri to vu es responsabil
English interlingue dictionary
DOING — buhat
English-Visayan vocabulary
DOING — noun Date: 14th century the act of performing or executing ; action , 2. plural things that are done or …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TAKE — I. ˈtāk transitive verb ( took ˈtu̇k, dial ˈtək ; or dialect tak·en ˈtākən sometimes -k ə ŋ ; taken …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SOME — I. (|)səm adjective Etymology: Middle English som, adjective & pron., from Old English sum, adjective & pron.; akin to Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LOT
Webster's New International English Dictionary
-SOME — I. _səm; when n immediately precedes, as in “winsome”, (t)səm adjective suffix Etymology: Middle English -som, from Old English -sum; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DOING — noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from gerund of don to do — more at do 1. a. : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DOING — (n.) Anything done; a deed; an action good or bad; hence, in the plural, conduct; behavior. See Do.
Английский словарь Webster
DOING — (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Do
Английский словарь Webster
DOING — ( p. pr. & vb. n. ) of Do
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DOING — ( n. ) Anything done; a deed; an action good or bad; hence, in the plural, conduct; behavior. See Do.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TAKE — — takable, takeable , adj. — taker , n. /tayk/ , v. , took, taken, taking , n. v.t. 1. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SOME — /sum/ ; unstressed /seuhm/ , adj. 1. being an undetermined or unspecified one: Some person may object. 2. (used with …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LOT — — lotter , n. /lot/ , n. , v. , lotted, lotting , adv. n. 1. one of a set …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DOING — /dooh"ing/ , n. 1. action; performance; execution: Your misfortune is not of my doing. 2. doings , deeds; proceedings; happenings; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DOING — n. act, deed
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
TAKE — I. ˈtāk verb ( took ˈtu̇k ; tak·en ˈtā-kən ; tak·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English tacan, from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SOME — I. ˈsəm, for 2 without stress adjective Etymology: Middle English som, adjective & pronoun, from Old English sum; akin to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LOT — I. ˈlät noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hlot; akin to Old High German hlōz Date: before 12th century …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
-SOME — I. adjective suffix Etymology: Middle English -som, from Old English -sum; akin to Old High German -sam -some, Old English …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DOING — noun Date: 14th century 1. : the act of performing or executing : action that will take a great deal …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TAKE — p.p. taken. 2. take ·noun the quantity or copy given to a compositor at one time. 3. take ·vi to …
Webster English vocab
SOME — adj considerable in number or quality. 2. some ·adj not much; a little; moderate; as, the censure was to some …
Webster English vocab
LOT — noun a prize in a lottery. 2. lot ·noun the part, or fate, which falls to one, as it were, …
Webster English vocab
DOING — p.pr. & ·vb.n. of do. 2. doing ·noun anything done; a deed; an action good or bad; hence, in the …
Webster English vocab
DOING — ■ noun 1》 (also ~s ) the activities in which someone engages. 2》 activity or effort: it would take some …
Concise Oxford English vocab
TAKE — [take] vb took ; tak.en ; tak.ing [ME, fr. OE tacan, fr. ON taka; akin to MD taken to take] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SOME — [some] adj [ME som, adj. & pron., fr. OE sum; akin to OHG sum some, Gk hame somehow, homos same--more …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LOT — [lot] n [ME, fr. OE hlot; akin to OHG hloz] (bef. 12c) 1: an object used as a counter in …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DOING — doing BrE AmE ˈdu ː ‿ɪŋ ▷ doing|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TAKE — / teɪk; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( took / tʊk; NAmE / taken / ˈteɪkən; NAmE /) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOME — determiner , pronoun , adverb ■ determiner / səm; NAmE ; strong form sʌm/ 1. used with uncountable nouns or …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LOT — / lɒt; NAmE lɑːt/ pronoun , determiner , adverb , noun ■ pronoun a lot (also informal lots ) lot …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOING — / ˈduːɪŋ; NAmE / noun [ C , usually pl. , U ] a thing done or caused by sb …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TAKE
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SOME — I. some 1 S1 W1 /səm; strong sʌm/ BrE AmE determiner [ Language: Old English ; Origin: sum ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LOT — I. lot 1 S1 W1 /lɒt $ lɑːt/ BrE AmE pronoun , adverb 1 . a lot ( also lots …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DOING — do ‧ ing /ˈduːɪŋ/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: verb : ↑ do , ↑ outdo , ↑ overdo …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TAKE — v. & n. --v. (took; taken) 1 tr. lay hold of; get into one's hands. 2 tr. acquire, get possession …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SOME — adj., pron., & adv. --adj. 1 an unspecified amount or number of (some water; some apples; some of them). 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LOT — n. & v. --n. 1 colloq. (prec. by a or in pl.) a a large number or amount (a lot …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DOING — n. 1 a an action; the performance of a deed (famous for his doings; it was my doing). b activity, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TAKE — v. & n. v. (took; taken) 1 tr. lay hold of; get into one's hands. 2 tr. acquire, get possession …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SOME — adj., pron., & adv. adj. 1 an unspecified amount or number of (some water; some apples; some of them). 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LOT — n. & v. n. 1 colloq. (prec. by a or in pl.) a a large number or amount (a lot …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DOING — n. 1 a an action; the performance of a deed (famous for his doings; it was my doing). b activity, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TAKE — v. & n. --v. (took; taken) 1. tr. lay hold of; get into one's hands. 2 tr. acquire, get possession …
Oxford English vocab
SOME — adj., pron., & adv. --adj. 1. an unspecified amount or number of (some water; some apples; some of them). 2 …
Oxford English vocab
LOT — n. & v. --n. 1. colloq. (prec. by a or in pl.) a a large number or amount (a lot …
Oxford English vocab
DOING — n.1 a an action; the performance of a deed (famous for his doings; it was my doing). b activity, effort …
Oxford English vocab
TAKE
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOME
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LOT — ( lots) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A lot of something …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOME — I. determiner COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a little/many/some/any more ▪ Can I have a little more time to finish? ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LOT — I. pronoun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a lot more ▪ She cares a lot more for her dogs than she …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DOING — [noun] [U]Is this your doing? (= Did you do this?)It was none of my doing.Running a marathon takes some/a lot …
Cambridge English vocab
LOT — Synonyms and related words : A to Z, A to izzard, Friday, Friday the thirteenth, a mass of, a world …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DOING — See: NOTHING DOING.
Slang English vocab
TAKE — INDEX: to take somebody or something from one place to another 1. to take someone or something from one place …
Longman Activator English vocab
LOT — INDEX: large amount or number 1. a large amount of something 2. a large number of things or people 3. …
Longman Activator English vocab
LOT — See ↑ AREA 4, ↑ GROUP 3,10 ◆◆◆ • ↑ a lot • ↑ a lot of money • ↑ …
Longman Activator English vocab

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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