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DERRING-DO
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Dictionary entry overview: What does derring-do mean?
• DERRING-DO (noun)
The noun DERRING-DO has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: DERRING-DO used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Brave and heroic feats
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("derring-do" is a kind of...):
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