Meanings
participle past could have done with
- To need something that would be beneficial.
Your son could do with a good talking to!
4 more examples
I could do with a torch, if you've got one.
The fence could do with another coat of paint.
That cutter is no good to me now. I could have done with it yesterday.
Jones could still do with Jonny May, the scorer of the first two of England’s four tries, recovering swiftly from an apparent hamstring tweak but in Sinckler and his young flankers, Tom Curry and Sam Underhill, the coach has some steadily improving individuals.
2019 October 19, Robert Kitson, “England into World Cup semi-finals after bruising victory over Australia”, in The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media
Translations
French ne pas dire non
- ne pas dire nonto need something that would be beneficial
German vertragen können
- vertragen könnento need something that would be beneficial
Hungarian ráférne, jól jönne neki
- ráférneto need something that would be beneficial
- jól jönne nekito need something that would be beneficial
- elkelneto need something that would be beneficial
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could do with. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/could%20do%20with
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