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do in en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (colloquial, transitive) To kill or end; to defeat.
   • 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 1959, Tom Lehrer, “Poisoning Pigeons In The Park”, in An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer:
   • 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. 2017 October 27, Alex McLevy, “Making a Killing: The Brief Life and Bloody Death of the Post-Scream Slasher Revival”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2018:
   • We very nearly did in an entire keg of beer that weekend.
   • 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 exhausted! That 20-mile hike has done me in.
   • 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.

Forms

Synonyms

wax · rub out · pay off · croak · cack · wreck · top off · ex · waste · polish off · bring down · feague · torpedo · bereave of life · make away with · finish · do in · take care of · put six feet under · whack · put an end to · annihilate · shut up · wet · punch someone's ticket · do · eradicate · bump off · ruin · compromised to a permanent end · snuff · demolish · end · dash · send to the grave · crush · take · send to the great beyond · finish off · stop someone's clock · bury · put down · scupper · stiff · flatten · terminate with extreme prejudice · dust · eliminate · smite · slaughter · ravage · do away with · exterminate · slime out · pop off · lay waste to · terminate · take out · dispatch · merc · pick off · smash · destroy · send to eternity · top · send to the next life · wipe out · scotch · mortify · blight · put someone out of their misery · scuttle · bag · dead · bump off · knock off · dispose of · send to hell · slay · obliterate · put to sleep · off · squash · take down · grease · deactivate · baptize · neutralize

Translations (34)

pl wykańczać (to kill or end) · uk прикінчи́ти (to kill or end) · pl zamęczać (to exhaust, to tire out) · fi tappaa (to kill or end) · de ruinieren (to damage or injure) · fr zigouiller (to kill or end) · uk вимо́тувати (to exhaust, to tire out) · pl wykończyć (to kill or end) · it uccidere (to kill or end) · cmn 弄死 (to kill or end) · el καθαρίζω (to kill or end) · cmn 累死 (to exhaust, to tire out) · de kaputt machen (to damage or injure) · de allemachen (to kill or end) · fr crever (to exhaust, to tire out) · fr tuer (to kill or end) · yue 㨃冧 (to kill or end) · pl wykańczać (to exhaust, to tire out) · pl zamęczyć (to exhaust, to tire out) · pl nadwerężać (to damage or injure) · ja やる (to kill or end) · it finire (to kill or end) · uk ви́мотати (to exhaust, to tire out) · fr claquer (to exhaust, to tire out) · yue 做低 (to kill or end) · cmn 幹掉 /干掉 (to kill or end) · pl nadwerężyć (to damage or injure) · uk завали́ти (to kill or end) · ru прико́нчить (to kill or end) · pl wykończyć (to exhaust, to tire out) · eo mortigi (to kill or end) · de abmurksen (to kill or end) · de ramponieren (to damage or injure) · de schlauchen (to exhaust, to tire out)