do with

verb

could do with or can do with
to find useful; benefit from
she could do with a night's sleep
have to do with
to be involved in or connected with
his illness has a lot to do with his failing the exam
to do with
concerning; related to
what…do with
1. to put or place
  what did you do with my coat?
2. to handle or treat
  what are we going to do with these hooligans?
3. to fill one's time usefully
  she didn't know what to do with herself when term ended

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Put up or manage with, as in I can do with very little sleep . [Early 1800s] Also see can do with ; have to do with .

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Might the song’s success have something to do with the messy “chicken jockey” trend that has recently trashed theaters?

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Smartmatic has said that the case had nothing to do with voter fraud.

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“Suddenly a new light has gone on that raises questions,” Bolton said, “including ‘Am I doing the best that I can do with my time?’”

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They’re dependent on numerous factors that may have less to do with economic growth as such than with factors such as currency exchange rates.

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“When you’ve got a Black family in Los Angeles in the 1960s and it has nothing to do with civil rights, it has nothing to do with oppression.”

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