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do the drug thing

Language; Slang

To be involved with drugs; to take drugs. * Man, you gotta stop doing the drug thing. * All she thinks about is doing the drug thing.

do the trick

Language; Slang

To do exactly what is needed. * This about does the trick. * Does this little dudenwhacker do the trick?

To serve a sentence in prison; to serve a specific amount of time in prison. (Underworld. See also hard time.) * Lefty had done time on a number of occasions. * You’d better talk and talk fast if you ...

don’t give a hoot

Language; Slang

Don’t care at all. (Folksy.) * Go ahead. Do it if you want. I don’t give a hoot. * She doesn’t give a hoot if you go into town without her.

don’t give a rip

Language; Slang

Don’t really care at all. * Go ahead! Ruin your life! I don’t give a rip. * I don’t give a rip what you do!

dope something out

Language; Slang

To figure out something from the dope (information) available. * I think I can dope this thing out from the evidence available. TWe can dope out the truth from her testimony if we have to.