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did someone brown

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

Meaning of do someone brown

Verb

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

  1. (dated, slang) To deceive someone thoroughly; to take in completely.
    • How could he be safe against Master Dickey doing him brown?1848, William Hamilton Maxwell, Brian O'Linn: Or, Luck is Everything, page 164

Questions about did someone brown

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

Words near did someone brown in the dictionary

  1. did over
  2. did porridge
  3. did right by
  4. did somebody wrong
  5. did someone a frighten
  6. did someone brown
  7. did someone like that
  8. did someone one better
  9. did someone proud
  10. did someone's bidding
  11. did someone's business

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