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单词 to lay a number
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to lay a number
a. U.S. colloquial (originally in African-American usage). to do a number (occasionally to lay a number): to act with destructive force or impact; to criticize or humiliate; (hence) to have a strong, usually adverse effect. Frequently with on.
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1968 H. Lit Unbelievable Dict. Hip Words 12 Do a number, to get mad; make a scene; to tell somebody off; blow your cool.
1972 N.Y. Times Mag. 24 Sept. 93 There were about four or five cats doing a number on (beating hell out of) a Puerto Rican.
1974 Maclean's Nov. 19 I was on my own among male relatives, male bosses, male lovers who were all, at one time or another, doing numbers on me.
1982 S. Bellow Dean's December iv. 63 They did a number on Ridpath. They printed damaging statements.
1991 N. Baker U & I vii. 118 When Ada finally did arrive, Updike did such a number on it in his review that he felt compelled to explain..that he writes faster than he reads.
2002 Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (Electronic ed.) 6 Dec. Navigating bumpy dirt tracks and completing hairpin turns often does a number on shocks, tires, belts and other parts.
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