do a (someone)
do a (someone)
To act as someone else has or usually does. Sally did a Mom and hit the trash cans while backing out of the driveway. Don't do a me and sign the contract before you read it—I'm still paying for that mistake.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
do a —
behave in a manner characteristic of a specified person or thing. informal 2001 Times One reporter even got the brigadier in charge to ‘do a Blair’ and come over all emotional while discussing the cull.
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
do a somebody
(informal) do or behave as somebody did or would do: Now don’t go and do a Mr. Carpenter on us. He told us he was leaving only three weeks before he went, and it took us months to find a replacement.See also: somebody
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
- do a
- do a somebody
- yenta
- a lot, not much, etc. in the way of something
- in the way of
- in the way of (someone or something)
- roll around
- get the point
- get in the way
- get someone's goat, to