as one does

Meaning

as one does

(colloquial, humorous) Used to indicate an unusual or unexpected situation.
I bought a dozen melons before heading home, as one does.

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Synonyms

as you do

Examples

There are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them. André Gide

As long as one does not call his own position into question but regards it as absolute, while interpreting his opponents' ideas as a mere function of the social positions they occupy, the decisive step forward has not yet been taken. Karl Mannheim

The average man is either victorious or defeated and, depending on that, he becomes a persecutor or a victim. These two conditions are prevalent as long as one does not "see." "Seeing" dispels the illusion of victory, or defeat, or suffering. Carlos Castaneda

There is nothing like being left alone again, to walk peacefully with oneself in the woods. To boil one's coffee and fill one's pipe, and to think idly and slowly as one does it. Knut Hamsun

When people discuss religion, it is a pity that they often become excited and argue. We should merely listen, as one does on a dark night; we should merely gaze at the stars. Haniel Long

Ah! how annoying that the law doesn't allow a woman to change husbands just as one does shirts. Molière

Words in the phrase

as one does

Close letter words and terms

as old as time as one as one can see as one gives, one receives as one goes along as one man