单词 | to do one's number |
释义 | > as lemmasto do one's number d. colloquial (chiefly U.S.) to do one's number: to perform one's required or expected role; ‘to do one's stuff’. ΚΠ 1970 Current Slang (Univ. S. Dakota) 4 iii.–iv. 17 Don't do your number, to desist; (command).] 1978 C. James in Observer 11 June 23/2 I watched a computerised gantry-mill do its complex number with very few human beings present. 1985 New Yorker 11 Nov. 86/2 Lawyers have a vaudeville turn of phrase; they talk about going into court and ‘doing their number’. 1991 Times 14 Feb. 23/1 Then I went to Australia, got off the plane desperately ill and found that the gall bladder had done its number. < as lemmas |
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