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take doing
take doing
Require considerable effort, as in It'll take doing to get the whole house painted in a week. This expression sometimes is put as take some doing, as in You want the President to come? That'll take some doing! [First half of 1900s]
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Alkaios | | - | Ancient Greek |
| Madeleine | | ma-də-LEN (French), mad-LEN (French), MAD-ə-lin (English), MAD-ə-lien (English) | French, English, Swedish |
| Huitzilopochtli | | - | Aztec and Toltec Mythology |
| MilÁN | | - | Hungarian |
| Ysbrand | | - | Dutch |
| Hooda | | - | Arabic |