v. 1
To cheat or swindle.
That guy just did me out of two hundred bucks!
v. 2
To make or provide.
Could you do me a burger with mayonnaise instead of ketchup?
v. 3
A syntactic marker. A syntactic marker in a question whose main verb is not another auxiliary verb or be.
v. 4
A syntactic marker. A syntactic marker in negations with the indicative and imperative moods.

Related words

Phrases: do it do in do for do away with make do do violence to do ill do up

Choose the right word

Do or Discharge?

Do is the one comprehensive word which includes this whole class. To discharge is to do what is given in charge, expected, or required; as, to discharge the duties of the office.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

carry Kyoko had the kindness to carry my baggage for me.
behave Behave yourself, or you'll have to leave the room.
give We finally decided to give him over to the police.
execute It's not OK to execute someone without due process.
should You should know better than to ask a lady her age.
answer To my surprise, she could not answer the question.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
do		rising
carry		falling
behave		rising
give		steady
execute		rising
should		steady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters: act¹
4 letters: make¹, take¹, come¹, give¹, pass¹, bear¹
5 letters: catch¹, carry², serve¹, grant¹, cheat¹
6 letters: should¹, answer², finish², commit², behave², fulfil², deport², confer², bestow², acquit², diddle²
7 letters: perform², achieve², conduct², execute³, fulfill², suffice², deceive², defraud², swindle², comport²
8 letters: complete², practice², practise²
9 letters: overreach³
10 letters: accomplish³, perpetrate³

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (carry² = 2 syllables).