Showing posts with label due. Show all posts
Showing posts with label due. Show all posts

Thursday, August 4, 2011

do, due, dew

Do or do means to perform an action--
I am going to do some baking.
Will you do the wash?
Do or do may describe how well something is performed--
They always do well.
They do that very well.
Do has several slang or colloquial uses--
To do time means to  serve a prison sentence--
We hope he won't have to do time.
 To do in  means to kill or murder--
They planned to do him in.
To do without means to  lack or need--
We will have to do without a phone until the repairman gets here.
To do over means to  refurbish--
They want to do the whole house over.
Do's and don'ts mean shoulds and shouldn'ts--
Here are some do's and dont's that everyone should know.
To  have to do with means to be involved in--
We don't want anything to do with that.
To make do means to use what is available--
There are no plates. Well, we'll just have to make do.
To do away with means to abolish--
The school plans to do away with some of the sports programs.
 A "do" is a hairdo--
I like your new do. It's very flattering.
A "do" may also be  a party--
They're having a do on Saturday.
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Due or due ( rhymes with do ) means payable or owed--
The bill for the birthday cake is due on Monday.
The library books are due tomorrow.
Due or due may mean expected--
The train is due at three o'clock.
It may mean an expected birth--
When are you due?
She is due in September.
Due may mean attributable to a particular cause--
Game called due to rain.

Dew or dew ( rhymes with new ) is the moisture that forms on the ground overnight--
If you go out early, the grass will be wet with dew.
The chairs are wet from the morning dew.

Now that you know that you can say--
"Due to the dew on the grass, we will have to do our grilling on the porch."

Not to be confused with doo, or doo-doo, which is something in which one should not step.