A collocation is a pair or group of two or more words that are commonly used together in English.
Here is the list of common collocations with Do that you should learn.
Collocations with DO
| Do a deal | Do a drawing |
| Do a favor | Do a good job |
| Do a job | Do account |
| Do an interview | Do an operation |
| Do anything | Do badly |
| Do business | Do cleaning |
| Do damage | Do everything |
| Do exercises | Do friends |
| Do good | Do harm |
| Do homework | Do laundry |
| Do me a favour | Do nothing |
| Do research | Do sport |
| Do the cleaning | Do the cooking |
| Do the dishes | Do the exam |
| Do the housework | Do the ironing |
| Do the math | Do the maximum |
| Do the shopping | Do the washing up |
| Do well | Do work |
| Do your best | Do your chores |
| Do your hair | Do your make-up |
Examples of Collocations with Do
Do a deal
- The unions are ready to do a deal over pay.
Do a drawing
- At first, I thought I would only do a drawing of Riverside Drive.
Do a favor
- Never do a favor for a colleague.
Do a good job
- He may be able to do a good job, but I doubt it.
Do a job
- You’re there to do a job.
Do account
- Do the accounts take up less than 30% of the overall number of pages?
Do an interview
- He doesn’t do interviews.
Do anything
- You can’t do everything by yourself – let me help you.
Do badly
- Children do badly at school for a variety of reasons.
Do business
- It’s been a pleasure to do business with you.
Do cleaning
- We do the cleaning ourselves.
Do damage
- It’s been a pleasure to do business with you.
Do everything
- You can’t do everything by yourself – let me help you.
Do exercises
- I do exercises every day.
Do good
- If I do good next year, I can come out then.
Do harm
- Drugs can do harm to you.
Do homework
- I like to do homework.
Do laundry
- She loves to do laundry.
Do me a favour
- Could you do me a favour and pass these sandwiches round?
Do nothing
- I can do nothing about it.
Do research
- He stayed on at university to do research.
Do sport
- The girls wake up early to do sport with a rugby team.
Do the cleaning
- He stayed on at university to do research.
Do the cooking
- I don’t mind eating in if you do the cooking.
Do the dishes
- He often helps his wife do the dishes.
Do the exam
- I said, ‘Let’s do an exam. ‘ And she was fine.
Do the housework
- We take it in turns to do the housework.
Do the ironing
- I have to do the ironing, and there’s lots of it.
Do the math
- Why do you have no savings? You do the math.
Do the maximum
- I’ll just do the maximum possible and I am happy with that.
Do the shopping
- I always do the shopping on a Monday.
Do the washing up
- It’s your turn to do the washing up!
Do well
- A business can’t do well without good management.
Do work
- Students do work experience in local firms.
Do your best
- It doesn’t matter if you fail, just do your best.
Do your chores
- Let’s go do the chores one last time before we leave.
Do your hair
- You do your hair, right?
Do your make-up
- I was doing my makeup.
Do laundry
- She loves to do laundry.
