Doing an impression of someone or something involves imitating their behavior, mannerisms, and speech. It is often done for comedic purposes, but can also be used to pay tribute to a person or character. The term 'do an impression of' can be broken down into three crossword solutions: IMITATE (7 letters), APE (3 letters), and MIMIC (5 letters). IMITATE means to copy or follow the behavior of another, APE means to IMITATE closely, and MIMIC means to IMITATE in order to ridicule or mock.