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did in

did in is the simple past of do in.

Meaning of do in

Verb

do in (third-person singular simple present does in, present participle doing in, simple past did in, past participle done in)

  1. (colloquial, transitive) To kill or end; to defeat.
    • By the eighth mile, I was sure that finishing the 10-mile hike would do me in.
  2. (colloquial, transitive) To exhaust, to tire out.
    • I’m off to bed. I’m completely done in.
  3. (colloquial, transitive) To damage or injure.
    • I’m off work at the moment; I’ve done my back in.
  4. (dated, slang, transitive) To rob (someone); to steal or pilfer from (someone).
  5. (colloquial, transitive) To eat.
    • I can do in a dozen eggs.

Questions about did in

What is did in the simple past of?
Did in is the simple past of do in.

Words near did in in the dictionary

  1. did exactly what it said on the tin
  2. did for
  3. did good
  4. did gooseberry
  5. did ill
  6. did in
  7. did it
  8. did it brown
  9. did it tough
  10. did it up brown
  11. did justice

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Adapted from Wiktionary: did in (page history and authors); do in (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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