Antonyms for to-do

Grammar : Noun

Spell : tuh-doo

Phonetic Transcription : təˈdu

Definition of to-do

Origin : 1570s, from the verb phrase to do, from Old English to don "proper or necessary to be done" (see to). Meaning "disturbance, fuss" is first recorded 1827.

noun commotion, excitement

Example sentences :

If she gits a premium for puttin' up gardin-sass, I'll warrant there'll be a to-do.
Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown

Emma Torrance flings open the door grandly, and we learn what all the to-do is about.
Extract from : « Echoes of the War » by J. M. Barrie

And I must laugh to see my neighbours making a to-do about a mercantile bargain.
Extract from : « Gilian The Dreamer » by Neil Munro

But on leaving we were met by the farmer, who made a to-do, charging us with trespassing.
Extract from : « Memoirs » by Charles Godfrey Leland

Wal, there was an awful row and a to-do about it, you may be sure.
Extract from : « Oldtown Fireside Stories » by Harriet Beecher Stowe

I suppose something is going to happen; there can't be all this to-do for nothing.
Extract from : « The Lock And Key Library » by Various

What a to-do to discover if this particular soldier was innocent or guilty!
Extract from : « The Gods are Athirst » by Anatole France

With considerable of a to-do, Mrs. Norris announced the gift of a grandfather's clock.
Extract from : « Tutors' Lane » by Wilmarth Lewis

That drab you make such a to-do about has been mine this two months past.
Extract from : « Athelstane Ford » by Allen Upward

I have no notion of people's making such a to-do about money and greatness.
Extract from : « Sense and Sensibility » by Jane Austen

Synonyms for to-do

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