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vb. 1 (en-simple pastcould do with) 2 (en-simple pastcan do with)
Usage examples of "could have done with".
I mean, if there was ever anyone who could have done with a little Freudian analysis .
It was yellow, picked out with blue and black, and could have done with a new coat of paint.
She could have done with cold rice until Chang's return, but Ling-Ling would not eat rice, so for the sake of the cat she accepted the gift with thanks.
True, the enthusiastic assault of Sittas' cataphracts had overwhelmed the Malwa garrison in Rohri, far quicker than Belisarius could have done with the siegecraft he had been planning to use.
There was something particularly sleek and deadly looking about that armor, he thought, unable to suppress a pang of envy as he considered what his people could have done with it when Nordbrandt and her murderers began their attacks.
Washington was devastating your economy more effectively than we could have done with thousands of megatons.
He could have done with people and laughing right then, but the common room would appreciate his presence more when he was clean.
Jennifer could have done with more socially lubricating hypocrisy.