do someone brown
do someone brown verb: to deceive someone thoroughly; to take in completely.
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)
- 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
- His only defeats were sustained in the Caulfield Guineas, when Malt King put him down, and the same horse “did him brown”– over a mile only each time, mark you—in the All Aged Stakes at Flemington.1919, Pastoral Review, volume 29, page 723
Forms of do someone brown
| third-person singular present | does someone brown |
|---|---|
| present participle | doing someone brown |
| past | did someone brown |
| past participle | done someone brown |
Origin of do someone brown
A play on two senses of do: to cheat, and to cook food, which may be brown when cooked thoroughly.
Questions about do someone brown
- What does do someone brown mean?
- Do someone brown means to deceive someone thoroughly; to take in completely.
- What part of speech is do someone brown?
- Do someone brown is a verb.
- What is the past tense of do someone brown?
- The past tense of do someone brown is did someone brown.
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