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[door] See: AT DEATH’S DOOR, AT ONE’S DOOR, CLOSED-DOOR, CLOSE ITS DOORS, CLOSE THE DOOR or BAR THE DOOR or SHUT THE DOOR, DARKEN ONE S DOOR, or DARKEN THE DOOR, FOOT IN THE DOOR, KEEP THE WOLF FROM THE DOOR, LAY AT ONE’S DOOR, LOCK THE BARN DOOR AFTER THE HORSE IS STOLEN, NEXT DOOR, OPEN ITS DOORS, OPEN THE DOOR, SHOW THE DOOR, SLAM THE DOOR IN ONE’S FACE at IN ONE’S FACE.

[do-or-die]{adj.} Strongly decided, very eager and determined. •/With a real do-or-die spirit the team scored two touchdowns in the last five minutes of the game./ •/The other army was larger but our men showed a do-or-die determination and won the battle./

[doorstep] See: AT ONE’S DOOR or AT ONE’S DOOR-STEP.

[do over]{v. phr.} 1. To renovate; redecorate. •/The new owners are going to do over the entire building in the fall./ 2. To repeat. •/Please do that math problem over until you get it right./

[dope out]{v.}, {slang} To think of something that explains. •/The detectives tried to dope out why the man was murdered./ Syn.: FIGURE OUT.

[do proud] See: DO CREDIT.

[do someone out of something]{v.}, {informal} To cause to lose by trickery or cheating. •/The clerk in the store did me out of $2.00 by overcharging me./

[dose of one’s own medicine] or [taste of one’s own medicine] {n. phr.} Being treated in the same way you treat others; something bad done to you as you have done bad to other people. •/Jim was always playing tricks on other boys. Finally they decided to give him a dose of his own medicine./

[dot] See: ON THE DOT also ON THE BUTTON.

[do tell]{interj.}, {informal} An inelegant expression used to show that you are a little surprised by what you hear. •/"You say George is going to get married after all these years? Do tell!" said Mrs. Green./ Syn.: YOU DON’T SAY.

[do the business]{v. phr.}, {informal} To do what is needed or wanted; get the job done; take proper action. •/The boys had trouble in rolling the stone, but four of them did the business./ •/When the little boy cut his finger a bandage did the business./

[do the honors]{v. phr.} To act as host or hostess (as in introducing guests, carving, or paying other attentions to guests.) •/The president of the club will do the honors at the banquet./

[do the trick]{v. phr.}, {informal} To bring success in doing something; have a desired result. •/Jim was not passing in English, but he studied harder and that did the trick./ •/The car wheels slipped on the ice, so Tom put sand under them, which did the trick./ Compare: TURN THE TRICK.

[do things by halves]{v. phr.} To do things in a careless and incomplete way. •/When he reads a book he always does it by halves; he seldom finishes it./

[do time] or [doing time] See: DO A STRETCH.

[do to death]{v. phr.} To overdo; do something so often that it becomes extremely boring or tiresome. •/The typical car chase scene in motion pictures has been done to death./