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[doubt] See: GIVE THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT, NO DOUBT.

[do up]{v.} 1a. To clean and prepare for use or wear; launder. •/Ann asked her mother to do up her dress./ 1b. To put in order; straighten up; clean. •/At camp the girls have to do up their own cabins./ 2. To tie up or wrap. •/Joan asked the clerk to do up her purchases./ 3a. To set and fasten (hair) in place. •/Grace helped her sister to do up her hair./ Compare: PUT UP. 3b. {informal} To dress or clothe. •/Suzie was done up in her fine new skirt and blouse./

[do up brown]{v. phr.}, {slang} To do in a thorough or complete way. •/When Jim does a job, he does it up brown./

[do well by]{v. phr.} To benefit; help; treat exceptionally well. •/In his will Grandpa did well by all of his grandchildren and left each of them one million dollars./

[do with]{v.} 1. To find enough for one’s needs; manage. — Usually follows "can". •/Some children can do with very little spending money./ Compare: GET ALONG, MAKE DO. 2. To make use of; find useful or helpful. — Follows "can" or "could". •/After a hard day’s work, a man can do with a good, hot meal./ •/After cleaning out the basement, the boy could do with a bath./

[do without] or [go without] {v.} 1. To live or work without (something you want); manage without. •/Ann said that she likes candy, but can do without it./ •/We had to go without hot food because the stove was broken./ 2. To live or work without something you want; manage. •/If George cannot earn money for a bicycle, he will have to do without./ Compare: GET ALONG, GET BY.

[down and out]{adj. phr.} Without money; without a job or home; broke. •/Poor Sam lost his job after his wife had left him; he is really down and out./

[down-and-outer]{n. phr.} A person who has lost everything and is penniless. •/Joe goes from shelter to shelter asking for food and a place to sleep; he’s become a regular down-and-outer./

[down-at-heel] or [down-at-the-heel] or [down-at-the-heels] {adj.} Poorly kept up or dressed shabby; not neat; sloppy. •/John is always down-at-the-heels, but his sister is always very neat./ •/Old houses sometimes look down-at-the-heel./

[down east] or [Down East] {n.} The northeast coastal part of the United States and part of Canada; especially: the coastal parts of Maine. •/Many people in Boston like to go down east for their summer vacation./ Compare: I WOULDN’T DO IT FOR A FARM DOWN EAST.

[down in the dumps] or [down in the mouth] {adj. phr.}, {informal} Sad or discouraged; gloomy; dejected. •/The boys were certainly down in the dumps when they heard that their team had lost./

[down on]{adj. phr.}, {informal} Having a grudge against; angry at. •/John is down on his teacher because she gave him a low grade./

[down one’s alley] or [up one’s alley] {adj. phr.}, {slang} Suited to your tastes and abilities; what you like or like to do. •/Baseball is right down Jim’s alley./ Compare: CUP OF TEA.

[down one’s neck] See: BREATHE DOWN ONE’S NECK.

[down one’s nose] See: LOOK DOWN ONE’S NOSE.