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Definition of to-do in English: to-donoun təˈduːtə ˈdu informal A commotion or fuss. he made a great to-do about fetching a cup Example sentencesExamples - This back and forth happens once or twice more, and then there's a little to-do because the tyke has wet the little pants she is wearing.
- Any further to-do will be met with my husband coming round to the surgery to give you a good hiding.
- They had a to-do just last week, when Simon had to tell her not to resign from politics.
- When they returned to the foyer there had been a bit of a to-do with Oliver.
- Just to tease the boss, the drovers made a big to-do about who would sit next to Laurie but, in the end, Gil ended up at her side.
- Much to-do has been made about whether dreaming arguments are self-refuting.
- There also was a bit of a to-do over what constituted a ‘strip cell’.
- Much to-do has been made of the relationship as depicted between Hephaistion and Alexander.
- We make a big to-do about men's infidelity, but what about unfaithfulness among women?
- This is not the time to make a big to-do about our report for a few weeks, and then put it into the deep freeze.
- Gareth Holmes and electrician James Asherton had a bit of a to-do over James' craftsmanship on Gareth's home.
Synonyms commotion, fuss, fuss and bother, bother, trouble, ado, disturbance, flurry, excitement, uproar, ferment, tumult, turmoil, hurly-burly, brouhaha, furore, storm, palaver, pantomime, production, hoopla, folderol, hue and cry, bustle, hustle and bustle, pother informal hoo-ha, hullabaloo, flap, song and dance, business, rumpus, ballyhoo, splash British informal kerfuffle, carry-on New Zealand informal bobsy-die
Origin Late 16th century: from to do as in much to do, originally meaning ‘much needing to be done’ but later interpreted as the adjective much and a noun; compare with ado. Rhymes accrue, adieu, ado, anew, Anjou, aperçu, askew, ballyhoo, bamboo, bedew, bestrew, billet-doux, blew, blue, boo, boohoo, brew, buckaroo, canoe, chew, clew, clou, clue, cock-a-doodle-doo, cockatoo, construe, coo, Corfu, coup, crew, Crewe, cru, cue, déjà vu, derring-do, dew, didgeridoo, do, drew, due, endue, ensue, eschew, feu, few, flew, flu, flue, foreknew, glue, gnu, goo, grew, halloo, hereto, hew, Hindu, hitherto, how-do-you-do, hue, Hugh, hullabaloo, imbrue, imbue, jackaroo, Jew, kangaroo, Karroo, Kathmandu, kazoo, Kiangsu, knew, Kru, K2, kung fu, Lahu, Lanzhou, Lao-tzu, lasso, lieu, loo, Lou, Manchu, mangetout, mew, misconstrue, miscue, moo, moue, mu, nardoo, new, non-U, nu, ooh, outdo, outflew, outgrew, peekaboo, Peru, pew, plew, Poitou, pooh, pooh-pooh, potoroo, pursue, queue, revue, roo, roux, rue, Selous, set-to, shampoo, shih-tzu, shoe, shoo, shrew, Sioux, skean dhu, skew, skidoo, slew, smew, snafu, sou, spew, sprue, stew, strew, subdue, sue, switcheroo, taboo, tattoo, thereto, thew, threw, thro, through, thru, tickety-boo, Timbuktu, tiramisu, to, too, toodle-oo, true, true-blue, tu-whit tu-whoo, two, vendue, view, vindaloo, virtu, wahoo, wallaroo, Waterloo, well-to-do, whereto, whew, who, withdrew, woo, Wu, yew, you, zoo Definition of to-do in US English: to-donountə ˈdo͞otə ˈdu informal A commotion or fuss. he ignored the to-do in the hall Example sentencesExamples - They had a to-do just last week, when Simon had to tell her not to resign from politics.
- Gareth Holmes and electrician James Asherton had a bit of a to-do over James' craftsmanship on Gareth's home.
- This is not the time to make a big to-do about our report for a few weeks, and then put it into the deep freeze.
- There also was a bit of a to-do over what constituted a ‘strip cell’.
- Just to tease the boss, the drovers made a big to-do about who would sit next to Laurie but, in the end, Gil ended up at her side.
- Much to-do has been made of the relationship as depicted between Hephaistion and Alexander.
- We make a big to-do about men's infidelity, but what about unfaithfulness among women?
- Any further to-do will be met with my husband coming round to the surgery to give you a good hiding.
- When they returned to the foyer there had been a bit of a to-do with Oliver.
- Much to-do has been made about whether dreaming arguments are self-refuting.
- This back and forth happens once or twice more, and then there's a little to-do because the tyke has wet the little pants she is wearing.
Synonyms commotion, fuss, fuss and bother, bother, trouble, ado, disturbance, flurry, excitement, uproar, ferment, tumult, turmoil, hurly-burly, brouhaha, furore, storm, palaver, pantomime, production, hoopla, folderol, hue and cry, bustle, hustle and bustle, pother
Origin Late 16th century: from to do as in much to do, originally meaning ‘much needing to be done’ but later interpreted as the adjective much and a noun; compare with ado. |