do the deed

verb

To have sex.

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copulate
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Meanings

verbdo the deed (third-person singular simple present does the deed, present participle doing the deed, simple past did the deed, past participle done the deed)

present singular third person does the deed · participle present doing the deed · past did the deed · participle past done the deed

  1. euphemisticslangTo have sex.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: to do a given deed.

    Synonyms: copulate

Synonyms & antonyms

verbUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: to do a given deed.

Similar
copulate
Also see
dancedo the nasty

Origin

Earliest attested usage is from Middle English: 1340, Ayenbite of Inwyt "Ȝete þai ben al clene; Haue þai no dede y-done" ("Yet they are all clean; They have not had intercourse"); and in 1443, Reginald Pecock, The Rule of Christian Religion: "By force hath he..don that dede, That he hath reft hire of hire maydenhede." (By force he has done that deed, That he has deprived her of her virginity.)

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“do the deed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/do%20the%20deed. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “do the deed,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/do%20the%20deed.

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