do it meaning (colloquial): definition, quotations

do it

verb

Colloquial To be appealing or suitable.

Slang, Used in the past tense To do something exceptionally foolish or unacceptable.

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"Now you've done it, Chuck," the Colonel groaned. "Now you've done it! I brought you down here to teach my boys how to ride, not to kill them — this is terrible!"1953 November, Herbert Farris, Boys' Life, Boy Scouts of America, page 38:
The man glared at her and said, "Now you've done it. Now you've done it. You've made me mad. If you don't put that back, you will make me even madder.1986, Rita-Lou Clarke, Pastoral Care of Battered Women, Westminster John Knox Press, →ISBN, page 50:
Sally: Oh, stop it! I never heard of anything so daft in my life. Mrs Jike: Eh, what? Now you've done it! The spirits have all gone away.2010, Maggie Barbara Gale, John F. Deeney, Dan Rebellato, The Routledge Drama Anthology and Sourcebook: From Modernism to Contemporary Performance, Routledge, →ISBN, page 375:
Stephen drew in a shaky breath. Now you've done it, he said to himself. There'll be no way out now. The old man will get his claws into you and you'll be hooked for life, like poor old Hilary.2012, Lilian Harry, Snowfall in Burracombe, Hachette UK, →ISBN, page 50:

Euphemistic, Slang To have sex; to make it.

He was upstairs doing it with her.
And that's why birds do it, bees do it / Even educated fleas do it1928, Cole Porter, “Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love”:

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Why don't we do it in the road / No one will be watching us1968, Lennon–McCartney, “Why Don’t We Do It in the Road?”, in The Beatles (The White Album), performed by The Beatles:
Have you ever done it in an elevator?1987, James Dearden, Fatal Attraction, spoken by Alex Forrest (Glenn Close):
The king of Los Angeles / Bought himself a teddy bear / And the queen became shameless / She did it with a chair1988, “Rise and Fall”, in Michael Weikath (lyrics), Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part II, performed by Helloween:
Speaking of golden numbers, a Wilkes University study might've found the optimum one as it relates to sex frequency and its effect on the human immune system: once or twice a week. Researchers discovered that college students who Did It that much had higher levels of a certain antibody that helps fight off colds and the flu.2017 September 2, Chelsea Peng, “5 *Scientific* Reasons to Have More Sex”, in Marie Claire:

I'll never do it on a Christmas tree / A Christmas tree is safe from me.1991, “I'll Never Do It on a Christmas Tree”, in David Newman (lyrics), Rover Dangerfield, performed by Rover Dangerfield:

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see do, it.