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do someone dirt

do someone dirt is the alternative form of do someone dirty.

Meaning of do someone dirty

Verb

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

  1. (informal) To deliberately treat someone in an unfair or harmful manner.
    • Johnse lived with her, but didn't marry her. Later he married her cousin. "He did her dirty," says Willis Hatfield of his brother's affair with Roseann.1966, George Hanna, "Death of 'Devil Anse' Hatfield Was 45 Years Ago," Tri-City Herald (Washington State, USA), 5 Jan., p. 36 (retrieved 28 July 2010)

Forms of do someone dirt

third-person singular presentdoes someone dirt
present participledoing someone dirt
pastdid someone dirt
past participledone someone dirt

Questions about do someone dirt

What is do someone dirt the alternative form of?
Do someone dirt is the alternative form of do someone dirty.

Words near do someone dirt in the dictionary

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

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