can do with

verb

Definitions

  1. To need

    To need; to want; to be in a position to benefit from.

    • His hair was thinning and slicked back, and he could have done with a good shave.
    • A garden can do with a little mystery, which serpentine paths provide.
    • In fact, while balking at the cruel burden he had imposed on me, I thought that his mind could do with some improvement

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for can do with. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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