What is "did the dishes"

Usage examples of "did the dishes".

I came back, did the dishes, and sat down to think about the food.

I hid them under my pillow, and after supper I did the dishes and washed up the kitchen, and went upstairs and got dressed.

After Rusty, Clarence, and Linc took Jimmy out to the barn to feed the horses and do a last-minute check on the herd, she and Tante Lulu did the dishes and cleaned up the kitchen, chatting the whole while.

We did the dishes together, took a walk without Spike, holding hands, not saying much.

It began when we called Roy Johnson, old Denver Roy, and had him come over for beer, while Dean minded the baby and did the dishes and the wash in the backyard but did a sloppy job of it in his excitement.

They did the dishes ('Haven't invented anything to do this yet, Bobbi?

As he did the dishes he kept pausing after rinsing each item and turning to stare at the computer, rehearsing the leap that would take him to the mouse button in the shortest possible time if the alert came.

If she learned the whole Iphigenia play, word for word, and if she cleaned up her room and did the dishes by herself and then dressed perfectly, without one dangling button or wrinkled bootlace, then they wouldn’.

After we did the dishes she got involved in the Sunday crossword puzzle, biting her pencil and frowning a lot.

She swept up in the living room and, once the kitchen floor was dry, quickly did the dishes.

The mournful melody of the sonata reminds me of a tune my father used to sing when he did the dishes, and as I listen to it I can temporarily forget six or seven of my troubles.

He did the dishes and cleaned up the kitchen, before getting on with his homework.