bit of doing, take a

bit of doing, take a
 Be difficult to accomplish.

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  • take a bit of doing — informal phrase to need a lot of effort, skill, or determination to do That’s going to take a bit of explaining. Thesaurus: difficult to do and involving a lot of effortsynonym Main entry: bit * * * take a bit of doing see …   Useful english dictionary

  • take a bit of doing — informal to need a lot of effort, skill, or determination to do That s going to take a bit of explaining …   English dictionary

  • bit — bit1 W1S1 [bıt] adv, pron ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(only slightly)¦ 2¦(amount)¦ 3¦(quite a lot)¦ 4¦(time/distance)¦ 5 a bit of a something 6 not a bit/not one bit 7 every bit as important/bad/good etc 8 bit by bit 9 a/one bit at a time …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • bit — 1 /bIt/ noun (C) 1 SLIGHTLY/FAIRLY a bit informal, especially BrE a) slightly, but not very; a little: Could you turn the radio down a bit, please? | Stay a bit longer it s still early. | I think you re a bit young to be watching this. | a bit… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • bit — I UK [bɪt] / US noun Word forms bit : singular bit plural bits ** 1) a piece or part of something a) [countable] a small piece of something I m having some cake. Do you want a bit? bit of: He had bits of food stuck in between his teeth. bits and… …   English dictionary

  • bit — bit1 function word *** A bit can be used in the following ways: as an adverb: We waited a bit, and then decided to go. (before an adjective or adverb): It s a bit cold in here, isn t it? as a pronoun: She d only eaten a bit before she started… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • take — I UK [teɪk] / US verb Word forms take : present tense I/you/we/they take he/she/it takes present participle taking past tense took UK [tʊk] / US past participle taken UK [ˈteɪkən] / US *** 1) [transitive] to move something or someone from one… …   English dictionary

  • take the bit between your teeth — get/take/the bit between your teeth british phrase to start doing something with a determined attitude and a lot of energy Once he’s got the bit between his teeth, there’s no stopping him. Thesaurus: to start doing somethingsynonym Main entry:… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Doing All Right — Queen – Queen Veröffentlichung 13. Juli 1973 (USA: 4. September 1973) Label EMI/Parlophone/Elektra, Hollywood Records Format(e) LP, Cassette; CD Genre(s) …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Take Care — For song by Funker Vogt, see Take Care (Funker Vogt song). Take Care …   Wikipedia

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