<span class="searchmatch">nothing</span> <span class="searchmatch">doing</span> (dated, idiomatic, now chiefly India) Absolutely not; definitely no. 1917, William MacLeod Raine, chapter 11, in The Sheriff's Son: "I'll...
from the phrase <span class="searchmatch">do</span> <span class="searchmatch">nothing</span>, which English expresses as a verb phrase containing a complement. <span class="searchmatch">do</span>-<span class="searchmatch">nothing</span> (attributive) <span class="searchmatch">Doing</span> <span class="searchmatch">nothing</span>, not taking any action...
<span class="searchmatch">doing</span> <span class="searchmatch">nothing</span> present participle and gerund of <span class="searchmatch">do</span> <span class="searchmatch">nothing</span>...
<span class="searchmatch">do</span> <span class="searchmatch">nothing</span> (third-person singular simple present <span class="searchmatch">does</span> <span class="searchmatch">nothing</span>, present participle <span class="searchmatch">doing</span> <span class="searchmatch">nothing</span>, simple past did <span class="searchmatch">nothing</span>, past participle done nothing)...
nothing-burger, <span class="searchmatch">nothing</span> burger <span class="searchmatch">nothing</span> but <span class="searchmatch">nothing</span> but net <span class="searchmatch">nothing</span>-buttery <span class="searchmatch">nothing</span> <span class="searchmatch">doing</span> <span class="searchmatch">nothing</span> else for it <span class="searchmatch">nothing</span> for it <span class="searchmatch">nothing</span> gold can stay <span class="searchmatch">nothing</span> if not...
participle stopped at <span class="searchmatch">nothing</span>) (idiomatic) To take any measures to <span class="searchmatch">do</span> or achieve something, especially if it involves great risk or danger; to <span class="searchmatch">do</span> everything in...
See also: donothingism From <span class="searchmatch">do</span>-<span class="searchmatch">nothing</span> + -ism. <span class="searchmatch">do</span>-<span class="searchmatch">nothingism</span> (uncountable) inactivity; habitual sloth; idleness 1959 April 24, Walt Kelly, Pogo, comic...
<span class="searchmatch">does</span> <span class="searchmatch">nothing</span> third-person singular simple present indicative of <span class="searchmatch">do</span> <span class="searchmatch">nothing</span>...
<span class="searchmatch">do</span>-<span class="searchmatch">nothings</span> pl plural of <span class="searchmatch">do</span>-<span class="searchmatch">nothing</span>...
See also: can <span class="searchmatch">do</span> with From Middle English to done wið. to <span class="searchmatch">do</span> with (idiomatic) Related to or relevant to. Used directly after the verb have or have got...