do with

verb — 5 senses

do with

verb
1

Archaic Synonym of deal with.

  • In Anderson you have evidently a very clever and difficult man to do with, and one who if he had his own way would do you no favour […]1895, letter quoted in 2017, Peter Joseph Drake, Merchants, Bankers, Governors (page 156)
  • Stokesey is a most amiable man to do with. I know him slightly. His attitude to you was evidently the outcome of the circumstances. We shall all get along very nicely.1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC:

do with

verb
1

Only used in to do with

2

Only used in can do with

3

Only used in make do with

4

Only used in could do with

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