describe how did you do it vs describe how you did it

The correct phrase is 'describe how you did it.' The use of 'did' in the first phrase is incorrect because 'did' is not needed after 'how.' The second phrase is the correct and commonly used form.

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describe how did you do it

This phrase is incorrect. 'Did' should not be used after 'how.'

The correct form is 'describe how you did it,' where 'did' is used to indicate the past tense of the action.

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These equations describe how light behaves.
This equation describes how gravity behaves.
This equations describes how atoms behave.
This section describes how the data quality shall be assessed.
They can't describe how terrible...
Angry doesn't begin to describe how I feel about you right now.
In it, he describes how he found Knox's nuclear weapons.
You started to describe how Wayne killed that girl.
Sorry doesn't even begin to describe how I'm feeling.
He never forgets to describe how things taste.
I have no words to describe how positively wacked you are.
You describe how I felt after Alejandro was killed.
It even describes how rivers split into ever smaller streams.
Come on. Describe how you want me.
Even Shakespeare couldn't describe how lame that was.
This egret dance describes how I feel.
No words can describe how it feels to be here.
'It's hard to describe how it feels.
But here is the language which describes how the symmetries interact.
This report describes how Canada cooperates with some of its closest and longest-standing allies in the intelligence sphere.

Alternatives:

describe how you did it

describe how you did it

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to ask someone to explain the method or process they used to accomplish a task.

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If you're old enough to kill people, you're old enough to know the right words to describe how you did it.
These equations describe how light behaves.
This equation describes how gravity behaves.
This equations describes how atoms behave.
This section describes how the data quality shall be assessed.
They can't describe how terrible...
Angry doesn't begin to describe how I feel about you right now.
In it, he describes how he found Knox's nuclear weapons.
You started to describe how Wayne killed that girl.
Sorry doesn't even begin to describe how I'm feeling.
He never forgets to describe how things taste.
I have no words to describe how positively wacked you are.
You describe how I felt after Alejandro was killed.
It even describes how rivers split into ever smaller streams.
Come on. Describe how you want me.
Even Shakespeare couldn't describe how lame that was.
This egret dance describes how I feel.
No words can describe how it feels to be here.
'It's hard to describe how it feels.
But here is the language which describes how the symmetries interact.

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describe how did you do it vs describe how you did it