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do someone dirty

do someone dirty verb: to deliberately treat someone in an unfair or harmful manner.

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)
    • Mira, who thought the Colts did him dirty by not activating him as they promised, did not call back.1971 April 10, Al Levine, “Dolphins sign Mira and (surprise) Del Gaizo”, in Miami News, retrieved 28 Jul 2010, page 1B

do someone dirty meaning in Vietnamese

do someone dirty in Vietnamese

to deliberately treat someone in an unfair or harmful manner
phản bội, phản phúc, phản trắc

Synonyms of do someone dirty

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Forms of do someone dirty

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

Questions about do someone dirty

What does do someone dirty mean?
Do someone dirty means to deliberately treat someone in an unfair or harmful manner.
What is do someone dirty in Vietnamese?
Do someone dirty in Vietnamese is phản bội, phản phúc, phản trắc. See Do someone dirty meaning in Vietnamese.
What part of speech is do someone dirty?
Do someone dirty is a verb.
What is the past tense of do someone dirty?
The past tense of do someone dirty is did someone dirty.

Words near do someone dirty in the dictionary

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

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