do the needful

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do the needful

verb does the needful · doing the needful · did the needful · done the needful

  1. India, Malaysia, Nigeria, UK, dated, idiomatic To do what is necessary or required. My father had, generally speaking, his temper under complete self command, and his anger rarely indicated itself by words, except in a sort of dry testy manner to those who had displeased him. He never used threats or expressions of loud resentment. All was arranged with him on system and it was his

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@misc{do_the_needful_2026,
  title = {do the needful},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/do%20the%20needful},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}