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CAN-DO
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Dictionary entry overview: What does can-do mean?
• CAN-DO (adjective)
The adjective CAN-DO has 1 sense:
1. marked by a willingness to tackle a job and get it done
Familiarity information: CAN-DO used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Marked by a willingness to tackle a job and get it done
Context example:
the city's indomitable optimism and can-do spirit
Similar:
dynamic; dynamical (characterized by action or forcefulness or force of personality)
Domain usage:
argot; cant; jargon; lingo; patois; slang; vernacular (a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves))
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