do exactly what it says on the tin (English, verb)
expansion: do exactly what it says on the tin (third-person singular simple present does exactly what it says on the tin, present participle doing exactly what it says on the tin, simple past did exactly what it said on the tin, past participle done exactly what it said on the tin)
Senses:
glosses: To do what is described or what one would expect, with no further explanation needed.
tags: British
Ireland
idiomatic
Forms:
form: does exactly what it says on the tin
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: doing exactly what it says on the tin
tags: participle
present
form: did exactly what it said on the tin
tags: past
form: done exactly what it said on the tin
tags: participle
past