He did a bang-up job fixing the plumbing.diddid /dɪd/ verb 
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES He did a bang-up job fixing the plumbing. The chairman did the decent thing (=did what people thought he ought to) and resigned. The teachers did a head count to check that none of the kids was missing. She acted, she danced, she did imitations. How did he know (=how did he find information about) our names? Little did she know (=she did not know) that years later she would have her own pool and luxury apartment in Florida. He did an MA in graphic design at Manchester. Never had she been so confused. I think I did okay in the exam. Mark did a two-year stint in the army. The medical staff did their utmost (=tried as hard as they could) to save the patient’s life.
He did a bang-up job fixing the plumbing. The chairman did the decent thing (=did what people thought he ought to) and resigned.· When did you first realize you wanted to be a doctor?
The teachers did a head count to check that none of the kids was missing. She acted, she danced, she did imitations. How did he know (=how did he find information about) our names? Little did she know (=she did not know) that years later she would have her own pool and luxury apartment in Florida. He did an MA in graphic design at Manchester. Never had she been so confused. I think I did okay in the exam.· Only later did I understand what she meant.
(=at that moment and not before) Only then did she tell him about the attack.
Only then did she tell him about the attack. Mark did a two-year stint in the army. The medical staff did their utmost (=tried as hard as they could) to save the patient’s life.PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► did he heck/will it heck etc► how was I to know?/how did I know?► no sooner had/did ... than
the past tense of do- It's high time we pulled together and got the job done right.
- But little did he know at the time, how soon he'd need it.
- primarily
- primary
- primary care
- primary colour
- primary election
- primary health care
- primary school
- primary source
- primary stress
- Primate
- primate
- prime
- Prime Meridian
- Prime Minister
- Prime Minister's Question Time
- prime mover
- prime number
- primer
- prime rate
- prime time
- primeval
- primitive
- primitively
- primitiveness
- primly