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views updated May 11 2018a·do / əˈdoō/ •
n. trouble or difficulty: she had much ado to keep up with him. ∎ fuss, esp. about something that is unimportant: on the face of it, this is much ado about almost nothing.PHRASES: without further
ado without any fuss or delay; immediately.
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
ado
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views updated May 23 2018ado (arch., dial., first in northern and eastern areas) dealings, trouble, fuss. XIV. f. phr.
at do, f. adoption of ON.
at (see AT) +
DO1; corr. to the native formation
TO-DO.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology T. F. HOAD
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views updated Jun 11 2018ADO (USA) advanced development objective
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