to-do
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
to-do/təˈduː/
▶noun informal a commotion or fuss.
– origin C16: from to do as in much to do, orig. meaning ‘much needing to be done’ but later interpreted as the adjective much and a noun; cf. ado.
'to-do' also found in these Oxford entries:
abet
- ability
- able
- account
- adjure
- ado
- affair
- afford
- afraid
- age
- agenda
- agent
- agree
- aliterate
- ambition
- animus
- anxious
- apt
- arse
- ask
- aspire
- assault
- awkward
- backward
- bad
- badger
- bargepole
- behove
- bent
- better
- bid
- bid
- bide
- bite
- blaze
- bold
- born
- bother
- bottle
- bound
- breach
- breathing space
- breeze
- bring
- bush lawyer
- busy
- cacoethes
- cajole
- call
- call-out
