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Discover Ludwig"barely did" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to express a situation in which someone performed an action or task just barely or just enough to be successful. Example: She barely did enough to pass the test.
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He barely did anything.
They barely did.
Trump barely did any town halls and won the New Hampshire GOP primary in a blowout.
The truth is that 3-1 barely did justice to the home side's superiority.
Rasner dared the slumping Seattle Mariners to hit him Sunday, but they barely did.
He notes that in 1861 only one Italian in 40 spoke the language (Victor Emmanuel barely did so).
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I barely do.
He could barely do his job.
Sublime barely does it justice.
"Kneejerk" barely does it justice.
"I barely do," she said.
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