do the laundry
Verb
Meaning
do the laundry (third-person singular simple present does the laundry, present participle doing the laundry, simple past did the laundry, past participle done the laundry)
To wash the laundry.
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Examples
I don't remember my mother ever playing with me. And she was a perfectly good mother. But she had to do the laundry and clean the house and do the grocery shopping.
Vacuuming is great. I do the laundry. I love washing machines. I'm the maid in my house.
Women basically want the same thing - a good passionate story, a great fantasy - and for our partners to do the laundry and the washing up.
It wasn't so long ago that I was a working mom myself. And I know that sometimes, much as we all hate to admit it, it's just easier to park the kids in front of the TV for a few hours, so we can pay the bills or do the laundry or just have some peace and quiet for a change.