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done in

done in is the past participle of do in.

Meaning of do in

Verb

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

  1. (colloquial, transitive) To kill or end; to defeat.
    • By the eighth mile, I was sure that finishing the 10-mile hike would do me in.
  2. (colloquial, transitive) To exhaust, to tire out.
    • I’m off to bed. I’m completely done in.
  3. (colloquial, transitive) To damage or injure.
    • I’m off work at the moment; I’ve done my back in.
  4. (dated, slang, transitive) To rob (someone); to steal or pilfer from (someone).
  5. (colloquial, transitive) To eat.
    • I can do in a dozen eggs.

Questions about done in

What is done in the past participle of?
Done in is the past participle of do in.

Words near done in in the dictionary

  1. done exactly what it said on the tin
  2. done for
  3. done good
  4. done gooseberry
  5. done ill
  6. done in
  7. done it
  8. done it brown
  9. done it tough
  10. done it up brown
  11. done justice

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Adapted from Wiktionary: done in (page history and authors); do in (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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