Meaning of can do with | Babel Free

Definitions

To need; to want; to be in a position to benefit from.

no-past-participle, no-present-participle, transitive, usually

Examples

“His hair was thinning and slicked back, and he could have done with a good shave.”

“A garden can do with a little mystery, which serpentine paths provide.”

“In fact, while balking at the cruel burden he had imposed on me, I thought that his mind could do with some improvement”

“Journalism today could do with a little more attention to principle, a little more concern about ethics.”

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