do the deed

Meaning

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

Synonyms

accomplish
C1
achieve
B2
clinch
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conclude
C2
discharge
C1
do
A1
effect
B1
end
A1
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execute
C1
finalize
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finish
A2
fulfill
C1
realize
A2
settle
B1
go through with
Etymology

Inherited from Middle English
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In summary

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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