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do out of en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (colloquial) To use unfair means to deprive (someone) of (something).
    • "Nevermind, I'll give you a hundred dollars for it," said the king; "you did me out of horse and saddle the other day, and the bridle too, but I'll let bygones be bygones, if I get the pot." 1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 196:
    • That swindler did me out of £100.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
doing out of Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
did out of Tense=Past lexicographic
done out of Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
does out of Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic