do one

See also: doone

English

Etymology 1

A contraction of several related longer expressions like do a runner, do a bunk, do a flit and do a moonlight flit

Pronunciation

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Verb

do one (third-person singular simple present does one, present participle doing one, simple past did one, past participle done one)

  1. (UK, colloquial) To go away, to leave; to get lost.
    • 2019 March 20, Daniel Lavelle, The Guardian[1]:
      I am a northerner and if any daft apeth with a cob on wants to mither me about my accent, they can do one.
Translations

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌdoʊ ˈwʌn/ (see one for other pronunciations of that word)

Numeral

do one

  1. The cardinal number occurring after do and before do two in a duodecimal system. Written 11, decimal value 13.

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