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done it brown

done it brown is the past participle 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 done it brown

What is done it brown the past participle of?
Done it brown is the past participle of do it brown.

Words near done it brown in the dictionary

  1. done good
  2. done gooseberry
  3. done ill
  4. done in
  5. done it
  6. done it brown
  7. done it tough
  8. done it up brown
  9. done justice
  10. done like a dinner
  11. done lunch

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