You use have to when you are saying that something is necessary or required, or must happen . If you do not have to do something, it is not necessary or required.
to do time
Someone who is doing time is in prison .
to do with
concerning; related to
to make do
If you make do with something, you use or have it instead of something else that you do not have, although it is not as good .
well-to-do
A well-to-do person is rich enough to be able to do and buy most of the things that they want .
do credit to
to bring approval or honor to
do honor to
to show great respect for
do honour to
to pay homage to
do to death
to kill
do justice to
to show to full advantage
do violence to
to inflict harm upon; damage or violate
at liberty to do
If someone is at liberty to do something, they have been given permission to do it.
have to do with
to be involved in or connected with
to do sb credit
If you say that something does someone credit , you mean that they should be praised or admired because of it.
would do well to
If you say that someone would do well to do something, you mean that you advise or recommend that they do it.
to do one's worst
If someone does their worst , they do everything unpleasant that they can possibly do. You can say ' do your worst ' to show someone that you are not frightened of what they may do.
to feel obliged to do
to feel obligated to do
be liable to do sth
When something is liable to happen , it is very likely to happen.
have/be to do with
If you say that one thing has something to do with or is something to do with another thing, you mean that the two things are connected or that the first thing is about the second thing.
have got to do sth
You use have got to when you are saying that something is necessary or must happen in the way stated. In informal American English , the 'have' is sometimes omitted .
not one to do sth
If you say that someone is not one to do something, you think that it is very unlikely that they would do it because it is not their normal behaviour.
take care to do sth
If you take care to do something, you make sure that you do it.
to do the drying-up
to dry dishes , cups , glasses, etc after they have been washed
to do yeoman service
to serve someone or something very well
to do your damnedest
If you say that you will do your damnedest to achieve something, you mean that you will try as hard as you can to do it, even though you think that it will take a lot of effort .
be at pains to do sth
If someone is at pains to do something, they are very eager and anxious to do it, especially because they want to avoid a difficult situation.
be hard pushed to do
If you are hard pushed to do something, you find it very difficult to do it.
be supposed to do sth
If you say that something is supposed to happen , you mean that it is planned or expected . Sometimes this use suggests that the thing does not really happen in this way.
do sth pursuant to sth
If someone does something pursuant to a law or regulation , they obey that law or regulation.
have nothing to do with
to have no connection with
the better to do sth
If you do something the better to do something else, you do the first thing in order to be able to do the second thing more effectively.
to do intelligence work
to serve in the Intelligence Corps ; to collect and analyze military information
to have it in mind to do
If you have it in mind to do something, you intend or want to do it.
to fall over yourself to do
If you say that people are falling over themselves to do something, you mean that they are very enthusiastic about doing it, and often that you disapprove of this.
go all out for/to do sth
If you go all out to do something or go all out for something, you make the greatest possible effort to do it or get it.
have yet to (do something)
to have not yet ( done something)
not sb's place to do sth
If you say that it is not your place to do something, you mean that it is not right or appropriate for you to do it, or that it is not your responsibility to do it.
take steps to do something
to undertake measures with a view to the attainment of some end
to do portrait photography
to be a portrait photographer
able to do something blindfolded
able to do something very easily , for example because of having done it many times before
be hard put/pushed to do sth
If someone is hard put to do something or, in British English if they are hard pushed to do something, they have great difficulty doing it.
do something to the bitter end
to continue doing something in a determined way and finish it, even though this becomes increasingly difficult
to do sth by the rule book
to do something in the normal , accepted way
to keep the books
to keep written records of the finances of a business or other enterprise
to go to great lengths to do sth
if you say that someone goes to great lengths to achieve something, you mean that they go to a lot of trouble in order to achieve it
fight to the death to do something
to try very hard to achieve something or to keep hold of something, refusing to give up
to do one's best to try your best
If you do your best or try your best to do something, you try as hard as you can to do it, or do it as well as you can.
to do your best to try your best
If you do your best or try your best to do something, you try as hard as you can to do it, or do it as well as you can.
do you want to bet?/want a bet?
If you reply ' Do you want to bet ? ' or ' Want a bet? ' to someone, you mean you are certain that what they have said is wrong .
far be it from me to do sth
You say far be it from me to disagree , or far be it from me to criticize , when you are disagreeing or criticizing and you want to appear less hostile .
to-do
(tə duː)
singular noun
When there is a to-do, people are very excited, confused, or angry about something.
[informal]
Synonyms: fuss, performance [informal], disturbance, bother More Synonyms of to-do
to-do in British English
(təˈduː)
nounWord forms: plural-dos
a commotion, fuss, or quarrel
to-do in American English
(təˈdu; tʊˈdu)
nounWord forms: pluralto-dos
Informal
a commotion; stir; fuss
Examples of 'to-do' in a sentence
to-do
Sounds like another thing to add to your to-do list?
The Sun (2016)
Action planet Mars in your work zone helps you get through a long to-do list.
The Sun (2016)
Make him a to-do list of household chores and outside interests.
The Sun (2013)
Security becomes one more task in the overflowing to-do list.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Often a planned schedule and to-do list are thrown out the window by lunch time.
Christianity Today (2000)
Is your daily to-do list as long as your arm?
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
This is a crisis wrapped in an emergency and most likely concealed inside a right to-do.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
It had been a right to-do from the outset.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Anything else on your to-do list?
The Sun (2011)
That leaves energy on the president's to-do list.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It turned out my husband's and my to-do lists were not so different after all.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
And which items can you move from your daily to-do list to a to-do list for a week from today?
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
But I will put it on my to-do list.
The Sun (2012)
In other languages
to-do
British English: to-do NOUN
When there is a to-do, people are very excited, confused, or angry about something.