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to do it

to do it

999 9.8
To have sex with someone
  • phrasal verb
  • /duː ɪt/
  • NSFW
translation icon : tener sexo
  • Do it, Steve.

Examples

Synonyms

to fuck
vsto do it
  • Offensive
∞ 9.9

To have sex with someone

is milder and more euphemistic in ordinary speech
to have sex
vsto do it
  • NSFW
∞ 3.0

To touch each other's private parts for physical pleasure

is more informal and euphemistic
to love
vsto do it
  • NSFW
698 8.6

To have sex with another person

is more neutral and common in everyday informal speech
to know
vsto do it
  • NSFW
675 9.9

To have sex with someone

is modern informal rather than old fashioned literary language
to sleep with
vsto do it
  • NSFW
652 7.4

To have sex with someone

is more casual and general without marital emphasis
to make love
vsto do it
  • NSFW
296 5.3

Have sex with someone you love or care about

is more neutral and lacks emotional romantic emphasis
to screw
vsto do it
  • Offensive
205 9.9

To have sex with someone, said as a rude word

is softer and less crude in everyday use
to get it on
vsto do it
  • Offensive
125 9.3

To have sex with someone

is more neutral and not focused on beginning action
to bang
vsto do it
  • Offensive
122 9.9

To have sex with someone

is gentler and less aggressive in feeling
to get laid
vsto do it
  • Offensive
95 9.9

To have sex with someone, usually in a short, casual way

is more neutral and does not imply casualness
to sleep together
vsto do it
  • NSFW
69 7.4

Have sex with another person, often when not married

is more neutral and not tied to marriage status
to hump
vsto do it
  • Offensive
58 9.9

To have sex with someone, used as a rude word

is less crude and avoids animalizing language
to have intercourse
vsto do it
  • NSFW
23 8.1

To have sex with someone

is more informal and euphemistic in ordinary speech
to be intimate
vsto do it
  • NSFW
16 7.9

Have sex with someone

is more blunt and less focused on closeness
to bed
vsto do it
  • NSFW
12 9.0

To have sex with someone

is more neutral and less playful in tone
to copulate
vsto do it
  • NSFW
10 7.9

To have sex, usually used for animals or in biology

is more colloquial and used for people in informal speech
to do the deed
vsto do it
  • NSFW
7 7.8

To have sex, often used in a polite way to mean to get married

is used mainly for casual sexual acts not wedding contexts
to lie with
vsto do it
  • NSFW
6 9.1

To have sex with someone

is informal everyday speech rather than formal usage
to sex
vsto do it
  • NSFW
5 5.1

To have physical contact with someone for pleasure, usually in a casual way

is more informal and indirect in everyday speech
to do the nasty
vsto do it
  • NSFW
4 9.5

To have sex with someone

is more neutral and less joking in use
to eff
vsto do it
  • Offensive
2 9.9

To have sex with someone

is more direct and commonly used without concealment
to bonk
vsto do it
  • NSFW
2 9.9

To have sex with someone

is more neutral and less jocular in tone
to have it off
vsto do it
  • NSFW
1 9.9

To have sex with someone, used in informal British English

is less region specific and used across dialects
to have a go at it
vsto do it
  • Offensive
1 9.9

To have sex with someone

is more direct and less intentionally evasive
to jazz
vsto do it
  • Offensive
1 9.9

To have sex with someone

is clearer informal everyday usage and less obscure
to get our fuck on
vsto do it
  • Offensive
1 9.9

Have sex with someone for fun without feelings

is milder and less explicit in tone
to have it away
vsto do it
  • NSFW
9.9

To have sex with someone

is more common and simpler in everyday conversation
to jump each other's bones
vsto do it
  • Offensive
9.9

To have sex with someone because you really want them

is more neutral and does not stress raw desire
to roll in the hay
vsto do it
  • NSFW
9.2

To have sex briefly in a casual way

is more neutral and lacks the playful connotation

Antonyms

to abstain
18 5.0

To choose not to take something, often for health or religious reasons

How Explicit

to get laid
  • Offensive
95 9.9
to have sex
  • NSFW
∞ 3.0
to sleep with
  • NSFW
652 7.4
to do it
  • NSFW
999 9.8
to make love
  • NSFW
296 5.3

Surface Forms

do it infinitive
did it past
done it past participle
doing it present participle
does it third person singular

Morphology

do + it

The sexual sense of 'do it' is a euphemistic, idiomatic extension rather than a predictable composition of 'do' (perform) + 'it' (a neutral pronoun); the phrase is intentionally vague and relies on pragmatic/colloquial knowledge. A B1 learner who knows the constituents would not reliably infer the specific meaning 'have sexual intercourse' without prior exposure or contextual clues, so the expression is opaque.

Etymology

The verb do it likely comes from using do as a general word for 'perform' and adding it as a vague word for the action. People used this indirect, polite phrase instead of naming the sexual act, so do it came to mean 'to have sex'.