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do down

do down verb: to belittle or intimidate.

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To belittle or intimidate.

Forms of do down

third-person singular presentdoes down
present participledoing down
pastdid down
past participledone down

Questions about do down

What does do down mean?
Do down means to belittle or intimidate.
What part of speech is do down?
Do down is a verb.
What is the past tense of do down?
The past tense of do down is did down.

Words near do down in the dictionary

  1. do cartwheels
  2. do cheetah flips
  3. do credit
  4. do do
  5. do dos
  6. do down
  7. do drugs
  8. do duty
  9. do exactly what it says on the tin
  10. do fish swim
  11. do for

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