“doing something”

The following 6 entries include the term doing something.

at the risk of (doing something)

idiom

: despite the possibility of (doing something that could be considered improper, wrong, etc.)

have a way of (being something or doing something)

idiom

: to often have a characteristic or to frequently do something

in the act (of doing something)

idiom

: in the process of doing something

in the process of (doing something)

idiom

: working on (doing something) that takes a certain amount of time to do

make a point of (doing something)

idiom

: to give one's attention to (doing something) to make sure that it happens

on/at the point of (doing something)

idiom

: at a time just before (doing something)


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