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do it brown

do it brown verb: synonym of do it up brown (“to do something well or thoroughly”).

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
    • There are few pleasanter sights than a well-to-do family seated round a well-furnished table; and that was the sight which met his gaze. There was Mr. Brown, and Mrs. Brown, and all the little Browns: they seemed to be doing it brown, even down to the pig, and he looked as brown as any of them.1874, The Parish Magazine for Berkeley, Dursley, Stinchcombe, and Uley, page 19
    Synonyms:
    do it up brown

Synonyms of do it brown

Forms of do it brown

third-person singular presentdoes it brown
present participledoing it brown
pastdid it brown
past participledone it brown

Questions about do it brown

What does do it brown mean?
Do it brown means synonym of do it up brown (“to do something well or thoroughly”).
What part of speech is do it brown?
Do it brown is a verb.
What is the past tense of do it brown?
The past tense of do it brown is did it brown.

Words near do it brown in the dictionary

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

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