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doing it

phrase

present participle of do it

as in sleeping

to engage in sexual intercourse were both in the mood to do it

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Recent Examples of doing it Carrousel is really about taking that collaboration further and doing it on a much bigger scale. — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026 A lot of guys have been doing it a long time, and a lot of people have hard professions, and everybody does. — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 15 Oct. 2026 Two other players in the last decade had 11 touchdown passes and no turnovers in the first five games, with Drew Brees doing it in 2018 and Alex Smith in 2017. — ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026 McDavid recorded at least three points in a period for the 33rd time in his 11-year career, doing it in the first period for the 10th time. — Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026 As if that same sea that caresses the feet of the palms were doing it now in Tokyo, in your house. — Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2026 Finding love is hard enough — try doing it on the one night a year people are legally allowed to see Wicker in 4DX. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2026 According to Patton Oswalt, Michelle Wolf and other comics, Raw Comedy/Raw Dog was a small corner of the satellite radio giant where up-and-coming comedians could not only launch their careers but make a few bucks doing it. — Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026 In the middle, verifying the work requires nearly as much labor as doing it. — Adriana Munoz Vergara, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026

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