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verb • (auxiliary) A syntactic marker. • To perform; to execute. • To cause, make (someone) (do something). • To suffice. • To be reasonable or acceptable. • (ditransitive) To have (as an effect). • To fare, perform (well or poorly). • (chiefly in questions) To have as one's job. • To perform the tasks or actions associated with (something). • To cook. • To travel in, to tour, to make a circuit of. • To treat in a certain way. • To work for or on, by way of caring for, looking after, preparing, cleaning, keeping in order, etc. • To act or behave in a certain manner; to conduct oneself. • To spend (time) in jail. (See also do time) • To impersonate or depict. • (with 'a' and the name of a person, place, event, etc.) To copy or emulate the actions or behaviour that is associated with the person or thing mentioned. • To kill. • To deal with for good and all; to finish up; to undo; to ruin; to do for. • To punish for a misdemeanor. • To have sex with. (See also do it) • To cheat or swindle. • To convert into a certain form; especially, to translate. • To finish. • To work as a domestic servant (with for). • (auxiliary) Used to form the present progressive of verbs. • To cash or to advance money for, as a bill or note. • (ditransitive) To make or provide. • To injure (one's own body part). • To take drugs. • (in the form be doing [somewhere]) To exist with a purpose or for a reason. | ||||||||
| 32% | 10 | Tributes to literary greats in a writers' hall of fame | ||||||
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Scold Gets Cross Opposed To Modern Greats Crossword Clue
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XANTIPPE which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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XANTIPPE
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