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Verb: do the dishes
  1. Wash dishes
    "I cook and my husband does the dishes after dinner"
    - wash up [Brit]

Derived forms: did the dishes, does the dishes, doing the dishes

Type of: clean, make clean

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do a job on
do away with
do by
do drugs
do good
do in
do it
do justice
do one's best
do the dishes
do the honors
do the honours
do up
do well
do well by
do work
doable
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