don't
UK /dəʊnt/US /doʊnt/
- verb 3
- exclamation 1
- noun 1
- contraction 1
- forms 2
- phrases 5
verb3
exclamation1
- Stop!
noun1
contraction1
forms
don't's · don'ts
Phrases with don't
- don't give up your day jobSomewhat sarcastic but usually good-natured advice used to criticise a person's degree of talent (especially in music or other performing arts), implying that they are unlikely to be successful.
- don't hold your breathDon't wait. Said cynically to suggest that what has just been mentioned is unlikely to happen soon or at all.
- don't knock yourself outDon't overexert yourself (in doing something that does not require much effort).
- don't sweat itDo not worry about it.
- don't tell meUsed to introduce a guess at a fact or situation, as if forestalling the other speaker's utterance.