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doing someone like that

doing someone like that is the present participle and gerund of do someone like that.

Meaning of do someone like that

Verb

do someone like that (third-person singular simple present does someone like that, present participle doing someone like that, simple past did someone like that, past participle done someone like that)

  1. (humorous, idiomatic, slang) to treat someone in a negative manner
    • Lance Allan: "When you first saw that video of you in a snowmobile suit at five years old on national TV and on our air. Were you a little bit like, c'mon Mom and Dad, are you going to do me like that?"2022 February 11, “Young Wisconsin Olympian Jordan Stolz talks speedskating career: 'I'm just happy I got to skate that fast'”, in TMJ4

Questions about doing someone like that

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

Words near doing someone like that in the dictionary

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

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