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do-si-do

do-si-do \do`-si`-do"\, n. [from dos-[`a]-dos, back to back.] a movement in square-dancing in which two dancers move around each other in a back-to-back position, and return to their original places.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
do-si-do

1929, from French dos-à-dos "back to back" (see dossier).

WordNet
do-si-do

n. a square-dance figure; two dancers approach each other and circle back to back before returning to their original places

Wikipedia
Do-si-do

Do-si-do (, ), dosado, or dos-à-dos (see spelling below) is a basic dance step in such dances as square dance, contra dance, polka, various historical dances, and some reels.

The term is a corruption of the original French term dos-à-dos for the dance move, which means "back to back", as opposed to "vis-à-vis" which means "face to face".

It is probably the most well-known call in square dancing aside from, perhaps, " Promenade".

Usage examples of "do-si-do".

We're going to do-si-do, allemand left, and then tell the fiddler he's a rooster-dick motherfucker.