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as you do

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as you do

(colloquial, humorous) Used to indicate an unusual or unexpected situation.
I was memorising the dictionary, as you do, when I came across a strange word that I hadn’t seen before.
I was riding a yak up the Himalayas, as you do, when I noticed I wasn’t wearing any underwear.

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An alcoholic is someone who you do not like who drinks as much as you do. Dylan Thomas

So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar

Will you love me in December as you do in May? Jack Kerouac

I think the art of filmmaking is something you learn through actions, by doing it, not by learning theories. And as you do it, your mind starts to change. Alejandro Jodorowsky

Books, for me, are a home. Books don't make a home – they are one, in the sense that just as you do with a door, you open a book, and you go inside. Inside there is a different kind of time and a different kind of space. Jeanette Winterson

As you do for your ancestors, your children will do for you. African Proverb

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