Thesaurus / do a number on

do a number on

How to use do a number on in a sentence

The country is well inhabited, for it contains fifty-one cities, near a hundred walled towns, and a great number of villages.

We had six field-pieces, but we only took four, harnessed wit twice the usual number of horses.

Now-a-days it is the bankrupt who flouts, and his too confiding creditors who are jeered and laughed at.

There are a number of bacilli, called acid-fast bacilli, which stain in the same way as the tubercle bacillus.

Five of the number had studied with Liszt before, and the young men are artists already before the public.

He felt himself the meanest, vilest thing a-crawl upon this sinful earth, and she—dear God!

I do not think the average number of passengers on a corresponding route in our country could be so few as twenty.

All that scientific bric-a-brac in the cupboard had far better be thrown away.

The product is then multiplied by the number of cubic centimeters voided in twenty-four hours and divided by 1000.

A good life hath its number of days: but a good name shall continue for ever.

SYNONYM OF THE DAY

OCTOBER 26, 1985