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do exactly what it says on the tin

Verb

Meaning

do exactly what it says on the tin (third-person singular simple present does exactly what it says on the tin, present participle doing exactly what it said on the tin, simple past did exactly what it said on the tin, past participle done exactly what it said on the tin)

(idiomatic, Britain, Ireland) To do what is described or what one would expect, with no further explanation needed.

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