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do someone dirty en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (informal) To deliberately treat someone in an unfair or harmful manner.
   • The writers did Samara dirty in this game. First, they retconned her comments on how many Ardat Yakshi there are in the universe (Ardat Yakshi are diseased Asari who are basically vampires who need to be sheltered away from others). Then, they made Samara break her Justicar code — something she’s followed literally for centuries — by attempting to kill herself so that her daughter Falere can live. 2021 June 4, Jhaan Elker, “Every ‘Mass Effect’ squadmate, ranked from a storytelling perspective”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 Jun 2021, Launcher News:
   • Johnse lived with her, but didn't marry her. Later he married her cousin. "He did her dirty," says Willis Hatfield of his brother's affair with Roseann. 1966, George Hanna, "Death of 'Devil Anse' Hatfield Was 45 Years Ago," Tri-City Herald (Washington State, USA), 5 Jan., p. 36 (retrieved 28 July 2010)
   • She was cheating on him—doing him dirty. 2005 February 2, Rashaun Hall, “Mario Shoots Heartbreaking New Video”, in mtv.com, retrieved 28 Jul 2010:
   • Mira, who thought the Colts did him dirty by not activating him as they promised, did not call back. 1971 April 10, Al Levine, “Dolphins sign Mira and (surprise) Del Gaizo”, in Miami News, retrieved 28 Jul 2010, page 1B:

Forms

Relateds

play for a fool · dirty business

Synonyms

do the dirty on · assfuck · go back on · do the dirty on · do someone dirty · let down · knife · sell the pass · betray · sell down · sell down the river · burn · cross up · renegade · stab in the back · false · cop out · turncoat · sell out · stab in the back · quisle · double-cross · play someone false · cross out · traitorize · swike · sell · double-cross

Translations (9)

es dejar fresco (to deliberately treat someone in an unfair or harmful manner) · es hacer una jugarreta (to deliberately treat someone in an unfair or harmful manner) · es malearse dejar feo (to deliberately treat someone in an unfair or harmful manner) · vi phản bội (to deliberately treat someone in an unfair or harmful manner) · es malear (to deliberately treat someone in an unfair or harmful manner) · vi phản trắc (to deliberately treat someone in an unfair or harmful manner) · vi phản phúc (to deliberately treat someone in an unfair or harmful manner) · es jugársela (to deliberately treat someone in an unfair or harmful manner) · es jugárselas (to deliberately treat someone in an unfair or harmful manner)