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do in

do in verb: to kill or end; to defeat.

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.
    • We very nearly did in an entire keg of beer that weekend.
  2. (colloquial, transitive) To exhaust, to tire out.
    • I’m off to bed. I’m completely done in.
    • I'm exhausted! That 20-mile hike has done me 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.

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Forms of do in

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

Questions about do in

What does do in mean?
Do in means to kill or end; to defeat.
What part of speech is do in?
Do in is a verb.
What is the past tense of do in?
The past tense of do in is did in.

Words near do in in the dictionary

  1. do for
  2. do good
  3. do gooseberry
  4. do I know you
  5. do ill
  6. do in
  7. do it
  8. do it brown
  9. do it to it
  10. do it tough
  11. do it up

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