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 Not my friends, who shook their heads at my schedule, wide-eyed and overwhelmed at the thought of doing it themselves. — Taylor Tomlinson, HollywoodReporter, 24 Sep. 2026 Only four other teams had opened the season with back-to-back games both scoring and allowing at least 30 points, with the Bills also doing it in 1991 and 2002, the Rams in 2000 and New England in 1994. — ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026 Lee is pitching his new book, AI Native, as a road map for doing it right. — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 18 Sep. 2026 Feynman eventually has his sum-over-histories way of doing it. — Quanta Magazine, 17 Sep. 2026 The other just looks like motion, and motion is easy to mistake for progress, especially when everyone around you is doing it, too. — John Speranza, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026 This idea of doing it in Tel Aviv was because Israel’s main military headquarters are in that city. — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 10 Sep. 2026 Many are doing it, and some cities are hoping more will join in. — Emily Staunton, Christian Science Monitor, 2 Sep. 2026 But Ma Rainey insists on doing it her way, even if Levee’s version is more interesting from a jazz perspective. — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026

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“Doing it.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doing%20it. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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