do to death
do to death verb: of a trope, joke, topic, idea, etc, to use so often that it becomes trite.
Verb
do to death (third-person singular simple present does to death, present participle doing to death, simple past did to death, past participle done to death)
- Of a trope, joke, topic, idea, etc, to use so often that it becomes trite.
- It's hard to find novel screenplays. All the usual stories have been done to death.
- If you're interested in the process we're using for redecking the ship, we've absolutely done that to death. There's links to several different videos in the description below.2023 January 27, Battleship New Jersey, 4:07 from the start, in Maintaining Your Battleship: Jan 2023 Update
- To put to death.
- So will I not […] Behold ſo many of my country men,
All done to death and ſtrangled in one day, […]1593, anonymous author, The Life and Death of Iacke Straw […], →OCLC, Act IV
- So will I not […] Behold ſo many of my country men,
Forms of do to death
| third-person singular present | does to death |
|---|---|
| present participle | doing to death |
| past | did to death |
| past participle | done to death |
Questions about do to death
- What does do to death mean?
- Do to death means of a trope, joke, topic, idea, etc, to use so often that it becomes trite.
- What part of speech is do to death?
- Do to death is a verb.
- What is the past tense of do to death?
- The past tense of do to death is did to death.
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