misdo one's job. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
"Dame Hersent," said the lady, "thou wert best let such words be; for I have no desire to misdo of my body, of no such blood am I come.". From Wordnik.com. [Old French Romances] Reference
Then the king avaled his visor with a meek and noble countenance, and said, Madam, there shall none of my subjects misdo you nor your maidens, nor to none that to you belong, but the duke shall abide my judgment. From Wordnik.com. [Le Morte Darthur: Sir Thomas Malory's Book of King Arthur and of his Noble Knights of the Round Table, Volume 1] Reference
What mighty men misdo, they can amend -- these are the fresh and original types on which our little poet is compelled to fall back for support and illustration to a scene so full of terrible suggestion and pathetic possibility. From Wordnik.com. [A Study of Shakespeare] Reference
I had said to her, perhaps that very day, 'I know not whether this book is worth anything, nor what the world will do with it, or misdo, or entirely forbear to do (as is likeliest), but this I could tell the world: You have not had for a hundred years any book that came more direct and flamingly sincere from the heart of a living man; do with it what you like, you -----!'. From Wordnik.com. [Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle] Reference
TAYLOR: Well, if they misdo it. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: Elizabeth Taylor Discusses Her Life and Career - January 15, 2001] Reference
"Forsooth," said Sir Robin, "my wife is not come of such blood as that she shall misdo against me, and I may not believe in it nowise. From Wordnik.com. [Old French Romances] Reference
"Sir," saith Lucan, "Lancelot well knoweth that and you had taken no counsel but your own, he would not have been thus entreated, and I dare well say that never so long as he liveth will he misdo in aught towards you, for he hath in him much valour and loyalty, as many a time have you had good cause to know. From Wordnik.com. [The High History of the Holy Graal] Reference
If thou have eny thing misdo. From Wordnik.com. [Confessio Amantis, or, Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins] Reference
As sche which wende noght misdo. From Wordnik.com. [Confessio Amantis, or, Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins] Reference
For oght that thou hast yit misdo. From Wordnik.com. [Confessio Amantis, or, Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins] Reference
What mighty men misdo, they can amend. From Wordnik.com. [Edward the Third] Reference
No man durst misdo with other in his day. From Wordnik.com. [An Island Story: A History of England for Boys and Girls] Reference
Withoute cause to misdo. From Wordnik.com. [Confessio Amantis, or, Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins] Reference
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