What it means
Making romantic progress with someone, getting physical but keeping it vague enough for polite company. Famously popularised on Love Island where contestants needed a PG way to describe decidedly non-PG activities. Can also mean making progress or putting in effort in a non-romantic context, but let's be real, nine times out of ten someone is talking about a snog at minimum.
Usage examples
"Everyone could tell those two were doing bits because they kept disappearing for twenty minutes and coming back looking well flustered."
"Lola swore she just chatted with him in the kitchen at the house party, but the others reckon they were doing bits behind the wheelie bin on the patio for at least twenty minutes."
"Boys reckon they did bits with three girls each on the lads holiday in Magaluf, and somehow they all came home with the same hoodie from the gift shop and zero phone numbers."
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