Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

do to death

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.35 in modern English

Syllables: do -to death
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Of a trope, joke, topic, idea, etc, to use so often that it becomes trite.

verb

To put to death.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"It's hard to find novel screenplays. All the usual stories have been done to death."
"If you're interested in the process we're using for redecking the ship, we've absolutely done that to death. There's links to several different videos in the description below."
"So will I not […] Behold ſo many of my country men, All done to death and ſtrangled in one day, […]"

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

does to death (present, singular) doing to death (participle, present) did to death (past) done to death (participle, past)

Questions

What does do to death mean?: Of a trope, joke, topic, idea, etc, to use so often that it becomes trite.

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