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doing
doing /ˈduːɪŋ/ noun
 Word Family: verb: do, outdo, overdo, redo, undo; noun: deedmisdeed, do, doing; adjective: done, overdone, undone
1. be sb’s (own) doing if something bad is someone’s doing, they did or caused it:
    If you fall into this trap, it will be all your own doing.
2. take some doing informal to be hard work:
    We had to be on the parade ground for 5.30 a.m. and that took some doing.
3. doings [plural] events, activities etc that someone is involved in:
    Supper is a family get-together, where the doings of the day are talked about.