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单词 doing down
释义

do down

verb

did down; done down; doing down; does down

transitive verb

British
: to get the better of (as by trickery)

Synonyms

  • beat
  • best
  • conquer
  • defeat
  • dispatch
  • get
  • get around
  • lick
  • master
  • overbear
  • overcome
  • overmatch
  • prevail (over)
  • skunk
  • stop
  • subdue
  • surmount
  • take
  • trim
  • triumph (over)
  • upend
  • win (against)
  • worst
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Example Sentences

you'll do her down at cards, but she'll probably win at croquet

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

doing down

verb

present participle of do down, British
as in overcoming
to achieve a victory over you'll do her down at cards, but she'll probably win at croquet

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • overcoming
  • defeating
  • mastering
  • beating
  • getting
  • getting around
  • taking
  • conquering
  • stopping
  • dispatching
  • triumphing (over)
  • prevailing (over)
  • winning (against)
  • getting the better of
  • surmounting
  • knocking for a loop
  • licking
  • subduing
  • worsting
  • blowing out
  • overmatching
  • overbearing
  • trimming
  • succeeding
  • blowing away
  • upending
  • besting
  • nosing out
  • finishing
  • edging (out)
  • overwhelming
  • knocking over
  • skunking
  • burying
  • snowing under
  • knocking off
  • sweeping
  • scoring
  • slaughtering
  • exceeding
  • surpassing
  • crushing
  • routing
  • topping
  • upsetting
  • bombing
  • capping
  • excelling
  • smoking
  • acing (out)
  • flattening
  • skinning
  • flourishing
  • whipping
  • annihilating
  • thrashing
  • trouncing
  • clobbering
  • pipping
  • drubbing
  • shellacking
  • creaming
  • breaking
  • excelling
  • walloping
  • overthrowing
  • waxing
  • overpowering
  • transcending
  • subjugating
  • overtopping
  • vanquishing
  • unseating
  • eclipsing
  • outstripping
  • bettering
  • outshining
  • outdoing
  • outdistancing
  • outfighting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • losing (to)
  • falling
  • going down
  • washing out
  • going under
  • failing
  • giving up
  • folding
  • collapsing
  • flopping
  • flunking
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