do it—
1. have a required effect:
- Again I did not go and pleaded the same reason. That apparently did it—she stopped asking me to lunch parties.
2. (euph.) have sex:
- At sixteen you’re horny enough to get an erection watching two parakeets do it, let alone humans.
3. (coll.) make a mess of things; make a foolish blunder:
- Oh God! I’ve done it again. When will I learn to hold my tongue.
4. (euph.) defecate or urinate:
- Look what happened. The dog did it again on the Persian carpet!
Note: The expression does not correlate in meaning with the phrase overdo it—
1. overexert oneself:
- He overdid it last winter and now evidently stands in need of rest.
2. carry smth. to excess; do too much:
- She seemed to be an attractive woman who overdid it with makeup and clothes.
make it—
1. successfully accomplish smth.:
- The charts showed we had made it, and big.
2. recover from an illness, etc.; survive:
- He’s so sick, I don’t think he’ll make it.
3. get to a particular place, especially in time:
- Although they got out late, they made it.
4. = do it 2:
- Those bedroom eyes were telling him their owner wanted to make it.