YOU DO YOU | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of you do you in English

you do you

idiom mainly US informal Add to word list Add to word list used to say that someone should do what they think is best, what they enjoy most, or what suits their personality: In fact, being one's true self is one of the biggest pieces of advice Douglas gives. "You do you," she says. If you're not ambitious and are perfectly happy with an easy target, then by all means you do you. Reassuring

• assure someone of something
• be/take a weight off your mind idiom
• calm
• calm (someone) down phrasal verb
• consolation
• console
• consoling
• consolingly
• emollient
• heartening
• lift
• reassurance
• reassure
• reassuring
• reassuringly
• reconvince
• set/put someone's mind at rest/ease idiom
• settle
• settle down phrasal verb
• they should worry! idiom

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Words & phrases expressing agreement & acceptance (Definition of you do you from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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you could have fooled me! phrase you could have heard a pin drop idiom you could have knocked me down/over with a feather idiom you couldn't make it up idiom you do you idiom you don't say! idiom you got it idiom you have (got) to be kidding idiom you have no idea idiom {{#randomImageQuizHook.filename}} {{#randomImageQuizHook.isQuiz}} Test your vocabulary with our fun image quizzes Try a quiz now {{/randomImageQuizHook.isQuiz}} {{^randomImageQuizHook.isQuiz}} {{/randomImageQuizHook.isQuiz}} {{/randomImageQuizHook.filename}}

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• do a someone
• do someone harm
• do someone for something
• do something to someone
• do someone a favor
• do someone a favour
• do as someone does

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• do someone in phrasal verb
• do someone down phrasal verb
• do for someone/something phrasal verb
• do someone over phrasal verb
• do without something/someone phrasal verb
• do away with someone phrasal verb
• do someone out of something phrasal verb

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• do someone good phrase
• do you hear? idiom
• do you mind? phrase
• do someone proud idiom
• how do you do? idiom
• how do you do idiom
• do well/badly by someone phrase

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