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did it brown

did it brown is the simple past of do it brown.

Meaning of do it brown

Verb

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

  1. (dated, slang) Synonym of do it up brown (“to do something well or thoroughly”).
    • "Certainly, my love," was the cheerful reply; "what shall I say to him? That I disapprove of his practising the black art on my toast, and that I shall thank him to do it brown in future?"
      "If you like to risk the chance, which is almost a certainty, that the man will misunderstand you, for the...1854, Sharpe's London Magazine of Entertainment and Instruction, page 132
    Synonyms:
    do it up brown

Questions about did it brown

What is did it brown the simple past of?
Did it brown is the simple past of do it brown.

Words near did it brown in the dictionary

  1. did good
  2. did gooseberry
  3. did ill
  4. did in
  5. did it
  6. did it brown
  7. did it tough
  8. did it up brown
  9. did justice
  10. did lunch
  11. did more harm than good

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