Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

do in

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 6.30 in modern English

Syllables: do in
IPA

5

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To kill or end; to defeat.

Colloquial; Transitive verb

verb

To exhaust, to tire out.

Colloquial; Transitive verb

verb

To damage or injure.

Colloquial; Transitive verb

verb

To rob (someone); to steal or pilfer from (someone).

Dated; Slang; Transitive verb

verb

To eat.

Colloquial; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"By the eighth mile, I was sure that finishing the 10-mile hike would do me in."
"We very nearly did in an entire keg of beer that weekend."
"So if Sunday you're free why don't you come with me and we'll poison the pigeons in the park And maybe we'll do in a squirrel or two while we're poisoning pigeons in the park"
"Slasher fans rejoiced—for a couple years anyway, until the boom swiftly faded, done in by the same causes that fell so many other eruptions of a style or genre, of any medium: The host of imitators are never as good as what inspired the affection in the first place."
"I’m off to bed. I’m completely done in."
"I'm exhausted! That 20-mile hike has done me in."

Usage

Inflected Forms

does in (present, singular) doing in (participle, present) did in (past) done in (participle, past)

Synonyms

bump off do away with feague annihilate bag baptize bereave of life blight bring down bury cack compromised to a permanent end

Questions

What does do in mean?: To kill or end; to defeat.

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