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DIYing
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DIY-ing
English
Alternative forms
DIY-ing
Verb
en verb form
en DIY ing-form
1997, Miranda Castro, Homeopathic Guide to Stress, St. Martin’s Press, 0-312-29180-9, page 231,
Once you have strained any muscle – whether exercising or DIYing or giving birth – it is important to take immediate action.
en 2000 Mary M. Talbot All the World and Her Husband: Women in Twentieth-Century Consumer Culture http://books.google.com/books?id=nPHucjV8JdwC 139 Continuum International Publishing Group 0-304-70152-1 Women were rarely shown actually DIYing, though, which suggests the product manufacturers behind the advertising saw women’s role as primarily designers and decision-makers.
en 2004 Rachel Cunningham-Day The Girls’ Guide to Wealth http://books.google.com/books?id=qOkolzEKj0YC 113 upublish.com 1-58112-506-2 If you want to colour your hair but achieve expensive looking results you don’t have many options. Either stay very close to your natural hair colour or visit a salon on a trainee night and choose something more adventurous. If DIYing you can use a permanent hair colour to cover grey or just give your hair even tone and gloss.
en 2007 Linda Bird Look Gorgeous Always: Find It, Fake It, Flaunt It http://books.google.com/books?id=s40yxLzW8WAC 111 Perigee 0-399-53304-4 A salon treatment is usually more effective, but buy a lemon if you’re DIYing, which can remove stains from your palms.