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doing someone brown

doing someone brown is the present participle and gerund 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

Questions about doing someone brown

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

Words near doing someone brown in the dictionary

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

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