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does someone brown

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

Meaning of do someone brown

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)

  1. (dated, slang) 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

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

Words near does someone brown in the dictionary

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

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