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doing it brown

doing it brown is the present participle and gerund 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 doing it brown

What is doing it brown the present participle and gerund of?
Doing it brown is the present participle and gerund of do it brown.

Words near doing it brown in the dictionary

  1. doing good
  2. doing gooseberry
  3. doing ill
  4. doing in
  5. doing it
  6. doing it brown
  7. doing it tough
  8. doing it up brown
  9. doing justice
  10. doing lunch
  11. doing more harm than good

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