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does it brown

does it brown is the third-person singular simple present indicative of do it brown.

Meaning of do it brown

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
    Synonyms:
    do it up brown

Questions about does it brown

What is does it brown the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Does it brown is the third-person singular simple present indicative of do it brown.

Words near does it brown in the dictionary

  1. does good
  2. does gooseberry
  3. does ill
  4. does in
  5. does it
  6. does it brown
  7. does it tough
  8. does it up brown
  9. does justice
  10. does lunch
  11. does Macy's tell Gimbel's

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