do in
verb
did in; done in; doing in; does in
transitive verb
1
a
: to bring about the defeat or destruction of
a businessman done in by greed
also : kill
b
: exhaust, wear out
2
: cheat
Synonyms
- annihilate
- cream
- decimate
- demolish
- desolate
- destroy
- devastate
- extinguish
- nuke
- pull down
- pulverize
- raze
- rub out
- ruin
- shatter
- smash
- tear down
- total
- vaporize
- waste
- wrack
- wreck
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Example Sentences
a business venture that was done in by poor planning the early frost did in all of our tender plants
Word History
First Known Use
1905, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
does in
verb
1
as in destroys
to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of a business venture that was done in by poor planning Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- destroys
- ruins
- demolishes
- devastates
- shatters
- wrecks
- overcomes
- smashes
- damages
- pulls down
- wastes
- tears down
- rubs out
- totals
- vaporizes
- wracks
- erodes
- mars
- pulverizes
- desolates
- razes
- creams
- annihilates
- extinguishes
- ravages
- decimates
- breaks
- nukes
- removes
- takes down
- cripples
- defeats
- kills
- dismantles
- surmounts
- blasts
- masters
- licks
- overbears
- crushes
- takes out
- deteriorates
- spoils
- bests
- blows up
- subdues
- injures
- conquers
- whips
- blots out
- trims
- vitiates
- harms
- disintegrates
- cuts down
- wipes out
- prevails (over)
- washes out
- dissolves
- impairs
- triumphs (over)
- clobbers
- scotches
- overmatches
- guts
- wins (against)
- undoes
- defaces
- routs
- wallops
- mutilates
- beats
- thrashes
- disfigures
- dilapidates
- mangles
- scours
- dynamites
- eradicates
- sacks
- unbuilds
- wears (away)
- skunks
- obliterates
- kills off
- disassembles
- unmakes
- plunders
- exterminates
- assassinates
- slays
- vandalizes
- loots
- liquidates
- tramples
- dispatches
- trounces
- despoils
- effaces
- executes
- slaughters
- fells
- extirpates
- murders
- zaps
- drubs
- havocs
- snuffs (out)
- expunges
- butchers
- massacres
- trashes
- pillages
- sweeps (away)
- mows (down)
- roots (out)
- stamps (out)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- builds
- raises
- creates
- constructs
- sets up
- repairs
- erects
- doctors
- produces
- makes
- fixes
- rears
- brings about
- forms
- mends
- puts up
- establishes
- manufactures
- invents
- shapes
- fathers
- constitutes
- organizes
- assembles
- institutes
- founds
- protects
- preserves
- frames
- forges
- patches
- revamps
- saves
- fashions
- reconditions
- molds
- conserves
- fabricates
- restores
- reconstructs
- rebuilds
- renovates
- remodels
2
as in kills
to deprive of life the early frost did in all of our tender plants Synonyms & Similar Words
- destroys
- kills
- slays
- does for
- takes
- claims
- carries off
- dispatches
- does away with
- fells
- makes away with
- takes out
- cuts down
- puts away
- murders
- croaks
- rubs out
- slaughters
- blots out
- wastes
- assassinates
- finishes
- neutralizes
- kills off
- knocks off
- butchers
- gets
- puts down
- bumps off
- snuffs
- mows
- smites
- whacks
- executes
- offs
- massacres
- annihilates
- ices
- decimates
- terminates
- martyrs
- scrags
- suicides
- euthanizes
- euthanatizes
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- raises
- revives
- animates
- restores
- resurrects
- resuscitates
- nurtures
3
as in assassinates
to put to death deliberately somebody did the old man in late last night Synonyms & Similar Words
- assassinates
- murders
- takes out
- slays
- puts away
- executes
- rubs out
- does away with
- gets
- dispatches
- kills
- knocks off
- neutralizes
- bumps off
- terminates
- whacks
- shoots
- liquidates
- snuffs
- offs
- blows away
- cuts down
- destroys
- croaks
- ices
- shoots down
- slaughters
- claims
- blots out
- carries off
- wipes out
- fells
- zaps
- smites
- eliminates
- butchers
- massacres
- eradicates
- exterminates
- mows (down)
- annihilates
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- raises
- revives
- restores
- animates
- resurrects
- resuscitates
4
as in wears
to use up all the physical energy of the long day of hard work really did me in Synonyms & Similar Words
- wears
- exhausts
- kills
- tires
- drains
- does up
- wears out
- burns out
- knocks out
- wastes
- wearies
- breaks
- washes out
- fatigues
- outwears
- busts
- harasses
- fags
- wears to a frazzle
- weakens
- tuckers (out)
- frazzles
- saps
- enervates
- debilitates
- enfeebles
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- activates
- strengthens
- energizes
- vitalizes
- rests
- relaxes
- invigorates
- unwinds
- rejuvenates
5
as in does
to rob by the use of trickery or threats too savvy an investor to be done in by preposterous claims of astronomical returns Synonyms & Similar Words
- does
- squeezes
- plucks
- cheats
- stings
- hustles
- sticks
- beats
- screws
- rips off
- cozens
- shakes down
- sells a bill of goods to
- tricks
- takes to the cleaners
- chouses
- victimizes
- flimflams
- deceives
- bleeds
- cons
- shorts
- shortchanges
- reams
- mulcts
- takes for a ride
- fiddles
- rooks
- suckers
- swindles
- exploits
- defrauds
- diddles
- skins
- hoses
- stiffs
- chisels
- fleeces
- bilks
- gaffs
- euchres
- thimblerigs
- skunks
- nobbles
- fools
- betrays
- clips
- wrenches
- extorts
- soaks
- overcharges
- wrests
- wrings
- gouges
- milks
- nicks
- fast-talks
- gulls
- bitches
- dupes
- ropes (in)
- bamboozles
- double-crosses