did
past tense of do
Kids Definition
did
past tense of do
did
verb
1
as in sufficed
to be fitting or proper that outfit just won't do for the opera Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- sufficed
- went
- served
- suited
- worked
- fit
- befitted
- fitted
- fitted the bill
- beseemed
- satisfied
- filled the bill
- functioned
- wrought
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as in served
to be enough even half of that amount of sugar will do Synonyms & Similar Words
- sufficed
- served
- satisfied
- answered
- suited
- contented
- quenched
- satiated
- sated
- assuaged
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as in performed
to carry through (as a process) to completion do as much as you can and leave the rest Synonyms & Similar Words
- performed
- accomplished
- achieved
- fulfilled
- made
- executed
- realized
- implemented
- finished
- completed
- committed
- carried out
- prosecuted
- negotiated
- perpetrated
- carried off
- went through
- put through
- pulled off
- effected
- brought off
- practiced
- compassed
- ended
- aced
- brought about
- attained
- followed through (with)
- nailed
- repeated
- effectuated
- practised
- reenacted
- worked (at)
- actualized
- engaged (in)
- wound up
- reduplicated
- winded up
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- failed
- slighted
- slurred
- skimped
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as in decorated
to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming did the living room in French provincial style Synonyms & Similar Words
- decorated
- adorned
- draped
- painted
- graced
- enriched
- decked
- dressed
- trimmed
- ornamented
- beautified
- gussied up
- garnished
- embellished
- did up
- festooned
- embossed
- bedecked
- fancied up
- bedizened
- arrayed
- dolled up
- blazoned
- caparisoned
- figured
- fancified
- brightened
- trapped
- smartened
- glitzed (up)
- freshened
- prettied (up)
- accessorized
- emblazed
- embroidered
- chased
- redid
- braided
- gilt
- bossed
- hung
- filleted
- garlanded
- diamonded
- dressed up
- swagged
- feathered
- gilded
- hanged
- tricked (out)
- ribboned
- flounced
- fringed
- redecorated
- frilled
- furbelowed
- filigreed
- impearled
- jeweled
- appliquéd
- wreathed
- gemmed
- laced
- spruced (up)
- pearled
- jewelled
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- revealed
- marred
- spoiled
- scarred
- spoilt
- disfigured
- exposed
- defaced
- simplified
- displayed
- uncovered
- dismantled
- stripped
- blemished
- streamlined
- bared
- divested
- denuded
- stript
- uglified
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as in coped
to meet one's day-to-day needs I'm doing just fine Synonyms & Similar Words
- coped
- managed
- survived
- fared
- afforded
- got by
- made shift
- got on
- got along
- made out
- shifted
- made do
- made ends meet
- lasted
- scrounged
- contrived
- carried on
- fended for oneself
- eked out
- scraped (by or through)
- squeezed
- swung
- wrung
- wrested
- scraped (out)
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- failed
- collapsed
- floundered
- fell short
- declined
- waned
- slumped
- fizzled
- petered (out)
- gave up
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as in caused
to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind) this neighborhood cleanup effort might just do some good Synonyms & Similar Words
- caused
- prompted
- brought
- created
- generated
- worked
- produced
- spawned
- made
- effected
- induced
- yielded
- wrought
- invoked
- occasioned
- brought about
- catalyzed
- drew on
- encouraged
- brought on
- begot
- began
- brought forth
- engendered
- effectuated
- decided
- begat
- introduced
- bred
- started
- promoted
- inaugurated
- pioneered
- initiated
- founded
- determined
- gave rise to
- launched
- instituted
- resulted (in)
- developed
- established
- translated (into)
- fathered
- furthered
- enacted
- set
- set up
- fostered
- innovated
- forwarded
- cultivated
- contributed (to)
- conduced (to)
- rendered
- nurtured
- turned out
- advanced
- nourished
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- restricted
- limited
- impeded
- checked
- controlled
- suppressed
- arrested
- quelled
- crushed
- smothered
- subdued
- killed
- stifled
- squelched
- inhibited
- quashed
- restrained
- dampened
- repressed
- put down
- squashed
- retarded
- curbed
- destroyed
- stilled
- abolished
- reined (in)
- canned
- clamped down (on)
- liquidated
- cracked down (on)
- quenched
- extinguished
- snuffed (out)
- demolished
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as in parodied
to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of the laughing partygoers begged their host to do Marlon Brando again Synonyms & Similar Words
- parodied
- imitated
- mocked
- mimicked
- pretended
- sent up
- spoofed
- performed
- caricatured
- burlesqued
- travestied
- ridiculed
- simulated
- played
- emulated
- reproduced
- jibed
- satirized
- derided
- aped
- replicated
- elaborated
- gibed
- parroted
- monkeyed
- feigned
- acted
- lampooned
- shammed
- personated
- duplicated
- mimed
- enhanced
- exaggerated
- overstated
- played up
- dissembled
- overdrew
- faked
- pasquinaded
- pantomimed
- padded
- stretched
- expanded
- embroidered
- embellished
- impersonated
- counterfeited
- copycatted
- put on
- amplified
- magnified
- enlarged (on or upon)
- fleshed (out)
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as in proceeded
to move forward along a course how are you doing with the house restoration? Synonyms & Similar Words
- proceeded
- came
- progressed
- went
- marched
- forged
- fared
- went off
- advanced
- came along
- went along
- paced
- got on
- got along
- sped
- gained ground
- approached
- traveled
- drove
- pushed
- speeded
- accelerated
- neared
- travelled
- ran
- passed
- run
- journeyed
- repaired
- impelled
- propelled
- wended
- fast-forwarded
- took out
- actuated
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- stopped
- stayed
- remained
- stood
- checked
- arrested
- hindered
- blocked
- halted
- interrupted
- impeded
- ceased
- stemmed
- detained
- obstructed
- delayed
- paused
- held back
- suppressed
- waited
- slowed (down or up)
- balked
- stalled
- hampered
- inhibited
- repressed
- retarded
- stunted
- nipped
- cramped
- let up
- regressed
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as in played
to present a portrayal or performance of she's done Eliza Doolittle on the stage so many times that she can probably play the flower girl in her sleep Synonyms & Similar Words
- performed
- played
- portrayed
- interpreted
- depicted
- acted
- represented
- impersonated
- enacted
- dramatized
- acted out
- mimicked
- playacted
- pantomimed
- rendered
- took on
- mimed
- imitated
- aped
- hammed
- masqueraded
- clowned
- overacted
- underplayed
- role-played
- costarred
- overplayed
- co-acted
- co-starred
- posed (as)
- coacted
- starred (in)
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as in cheated
to rob by the use of trickery or threats did them out of their savings with surprising ease Synonyms & Similar Words
- cheated
- hustled
- stung
- squeezed
- plucked
- stuck
- beat
- screwed
- bled
- tricked
- deceived
- fooled
- did in
- fiddled
- conned
- exploited
- suckered
- victimized
- shortchanged
- diddled
- shorted
- stiffed
- reamed
- hosed
- defrauded
- rooked
- ripped off
- betrayed
- swindled
- cozened
- skinned
- shook down
- took for a ride
- mulcted
- choused
- fleeced
- gaffed
- euchred
- bilked
- chiseled
- flimflammed
- took to the cleaners
- skunked
- wrenched
- thimblerigged
- nobbled
- nicked
- extorted
- clipped
- sold a bill of goods to
- soaked
- overcharged
- gouged
- duped
- milked
- bitched
- wrested
- chiselled
- wrung
- gulled
- bamboozled
- fast-talked
- double-crossed
- roped (in)
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as in licked
to strike repeatedly no one is sure who did them in that alley Synonyms & Similar Words
- licked
- hit
- beat
- attacked
- pounded
- knocked
- whipped
- lashed
- hided
- slapped
- pelted
- slated
- switched
- batted
- slammed
- punched
- spanked
- fibbed
- smashed
- worked over
- thumped
- bashed
- lathered
- battered
- lambasted
- assaulted
- mauled
- chopped
- slogged
- raided
- whacked
- punched out
- paddled
- hammered
- thrashed
- pummeled
- swiped
- rushed
- smacked
- tromped
- whaled
- flogged
- whupped
- curried
- walloped
- boxed
- stormed
- buffeted
- drubbed
- whopped
- basted
- pommelled
- clubbed
- bludgeoned
- pommeled
- birched
- beat up on
- belted
- threshed
- bunged up
- wounded
- tanned
- cracked
- laid on
- pummelled
- laced
- belabored
- clobbered
- pasted
- assailed
- whapped
- beset
- lammed
- socked
- busted
- swatted
- strapped
- cudgeled
- bust
- clouted
- thwacked
- caned
- whomped
- blackjacked
- whammed
- fustigated
- roughed (up)
- cuffed
- scourged
- cudgelled
- messed (up)
- flagellated
- descended (on or upon)
- jumped (on)
- mangled
- horsewhipped
- cowhided
- leathered
- lacerated
- rawhided
- maimed
- mutilated
- gored
- pounced (on or upon)
- pistol-whipped
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as in happened
to take place nothing's ever doing in this boring little town Synonyms & Similar Words
- happened
- was
- came
- occurred
- transpired
- chanced
- happed
- befell
- came about
- came down
- cooked
- passed
- went on
- went down
- proceeded
- came off
- betided
- came to pass
- developed
- intervened
- followed
- arose
- rose
- resulted
- materialized
- came up
- broke
- fell out
- turned out
- went off
- shaped (up)
- cropped (up)
- sprung (up)
- sprang (up)
- maid's-hairs
- maid-in-waiting
- maidan
- maidans
- maiden
- maiden cane
- maiden duck
- maiden lady
- maiden name
- maiden names
- maiden oak
- maiden over
- maiden pink
- maiden plum
- maiden's-blush
- maiden's-blushes
- maidener
- maidenest
- maidenhair
- maidenhair fern
- maidenhair ferns
- maidenhair spleenwort
- maidenhair tree
- maidenhair-tree family
- maidenhair-vine