do what one does

verb

To have sex.

Meanings

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

present singular third person does what one does · participle present doing what one does · past did what one does · participle past done what one does

  1. euphemisticTo have sex.

    (book title)

    2022 May 3, Michelle Hart, We Do What We Do in the Dark: A Novel, Penguin, →ISBN
    3 more examples

    And you probably don't wanna hear this but it's true ¶ Them other bitches they don't compare to you ¶ Girl when we together we do what we do ¶ We had great sex, I mean all night ¶ With no latex, just straight hard pipe ¶ I laid comfortable with you all night

    2014, PnB Rock, “Harmony”, in RNB (Real Nigga Bangaz)

    ‘Cause this is how things start ¶ A thunderbolt through the heart ¶ When we do what we do ¶ I want to whisper to you

    2015, Reese Lansangan, “Exploration No. 5”, in Arigato, Internet!

    Fuckin' and fightin', fuckin' and fightin', yeah, fuck it ¶ If she love it, I like it, husband and wifey ¶ We do what we do, we do how we do ¶ But we makin' it through, and the bedroom a zoo

    2016, ZAYN, Lil Wayne, “PILLOWTALK (Remix)”, in Mind of Mine (Bonus Edition)

    Synonyms: approach, cohabit, common, company, copulate, couple, engage in sex, exchange flesh

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see do, what, one, does.

    ...we do what we do because we want the consequences of what we do. Finally, awareness of our liking or disliking of our liking or disliking of the consequences of what we do constitutes our human freedom by making us responsible for our[…]

    1988, The Irish Journal of Psychology

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