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do in
verb
to murder or kill
to exhaust
Idioms and Phrases
Tire out, exhaust, as in Running errands all day did me in . [ Colloquial ; early 1900s] Also see done in .
Kill, as in Mystery writers are always thinking of new ways to do their characters in . [ Slang ; early 1900s] Also see def. 4.
Ruin utterly; also cheat or swindle. For example, The five-alarm fire did in the whole block , or His so-called friend really did him in . [First half of 1900s]
do oneself in . Commit suicide, as in She was always threatening to do herself in . [ Slang ; first half of 1900s]
Example Sentences
“I got scared. I did recognize her. I was like, ‘What is she doing in my house?’
Pressure to regulate AI, fueled by apocalyptic prophecy and long-held animosity of tech giants like billionaire Elon Musk, is building within MAGA, and it might be enough to get something done in Congress.
Drakeford, a Welsh speaker who encourages bilingualism in Wales, said unionists have nothing to fear if Irish "is done in a way that is sensitive to their concerns".
And therefore the car balance just never comes together as much as what it does in other tracks.
This format—”what I did in therapy today,” more or less—is raw and occasionally repetitive.
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