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don't

[ dohnt ]

verb

  1. contraction of do not.
  2. Nonstandard except in some dialects. contraction of does not.


noun

  1. don'ts, customs, rules, or regulations that forbid something: Compare do 1( def 55 ).

    The boss has a long list of don'ts that you had better observe if you want a promotion.

don't

/ əʊԳ /

contraction of

  1. do not
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of don't1

First recorded in 1600–10
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“You can go to downtown L.A. or whatever and you can dress crazy and no one’s even going to look at you, they don’t care, there’s so much craziness on the street, nobody gives a s—,” Grisham said.

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“One of my main goals for this exhibit is to educate the public, maybe people who don’t understand punk rock,” Collard said.

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“This is not about me; I don’t want anything to be about me,” Betts said.

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The simple answer is landlords don’t have to provide a refrigerator.

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He argues that tens of thousands of voter registrations are invalid, because they don’t include the legally required Social Security or driver’s license numbers.

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