did

[Did]

To do is to act, perform, or undertake. When you do chores, you engage in the activity of cleaning the kitchen or taking out the trash.

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of Do.



imp. of Do.


Did

Did , imp. of Do.

of Do.

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Usage Examples

'Chasing Amy' was an amazing role, but then after that, I went and did 'Big Daddy' and you're the girlfriend or you're the best friend. I wasn't getting the Nicole Kidman roles.

A positive attitude can really make dreams come true - it did for me.

A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.

A Boss in Heaven is the best excuse for a boss on earth, therefore If God did exist, he would have to be abolished.

'Blind Curve,' the book I'm working on now, sprang from a crazy incident that happened to me last year while on my book tour. I was pulled out of my car for a minor traffic violation - an incident that escalated into my being thrown into cuffs and told I was going to jail. Except in my story, the hero doesn't get off as easily as I did.

A country that relies on aid? Death is better than that. It stops you from achieving your potential, just as colonialism did.

A number of cases have been reported in which a dying individual has a vision of a person about whose death he or she did not know.

Misspelled Form

did, sdid, edid, fdid, xdid, cdid, sid, eid, fid, xid, cid, dsid, deid, dfid, dxid, dcid, duid, d8id, d9id, doid, djid, dkid, dud, d8d, d9d, dod, djd, dkd, diud, di8d, di9d, diod, dijd, dikd, disd, died, difd, dixd, dicd, dis, die, dif, dix, dic, dids, dide, didf, didx, didc.

Other Usage Examples

A Failure in this Duty did once involve our Nation in all the Horrors of Rebellion and Civil War.

A month before graduation I got an off-Broadway job. Then I did some commercials, including one for MCI. You can only see half of me, but it paid well. Thank God for commercials.

A John Updike is a once-in-a-generation phenomenon, if that generation is lucky: so comfortable in so many genres, the same lively, generous intelligence suffusing all he did.

A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.

A guy is a lump like a doughnut. So, first you gotta get rid of all the stuff his mom did to him. And then you gotta get rid of all that macho crap that they pick up from beer commercials. And then there's my personal favorite, the male ego.

A Latin teacher told me I might make a good actress, and that stuck in my memory. I did some modeling, and Polanski gave me that small part.

A federal judge did as he was supposed to do and upheld the Constitution. We should be thankful that we have judiciary that will do that.

A pain stabbed my heart as it did every time I saw a girl I loved who was going the opposite direction in this too-big world.

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