Phrase guide
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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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verb
To do what is described or what one would expect, with no further explanation needed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, UK, idiomatic
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From the sense of tin meaning a can, originally the slogan of an HHCL advertising campaign of UK television commercials for Ronseal Quick-Drying Woodseal.
