Wiktionary
vb. (context idiomatic English) To emulate the behavior/behaviour that is generally attributed to the individual named.
Usage examples of "do a".
It took them two weeks to do a proper number on the radiation damage alone.
When, in the late nineteen sixties, Ballantine Books decided to do a five-volume simultaneous publication of my work (four short-story collections and one new novel) my then agent, Henry Morrison, told me that the head of the firm was troubled by something and wanted to hear from me.
An extra hundred drona was always nice to have, and it never hurt to do a favor for a general.
Then, maybe, I'd come back and do a couple more hours before calling it a night.
As a kid, I used to do a lot of skindiving when my family went to the Caribbean for vacations.
At that range, even T'swa-trained mortar men couldn't expect to pinpoint buildings they couldn't see, but they should be able to do a lot of damage.
Figure on tomorrow morning, so Schlesinger and Small have time to do a preliminary workup on Mehrabian.
My sons have often landed there, for we do a certain trade in the summer from the island in fish and other matters with the natives there.
I know I can do a better job of running the government than anyone else can.
And suddenly a lot of women who had followed the false Queen Albruna's lead in their comments and manner to her stepdaughter wanted to do a bit of flattery really, really badly.
Our weapons are not meant for suppression of ground troops, but they do a good job of it.