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do in

verb does in · doing in · did in · done in

  1. colloquial, transitive To kill or end; to defeat. By the eighth mile, I was sure that finishing the 10-mile hike would do me in.

    Similar: bump off, do away with, feague, annihilate, bag, baptize, bereave of life, blight, bring down, bury, cack, compromised to a permanent end

  2. colloquial, transitive To exhaust, to tire out. I’m off to bed. I’m completely done in.
  3. colloquial, transitive To damage or injure. I’m off work at the moment; I’ve done my back in.
  4. dated, slang, transitive To rob (someone); to steal or pilfer from (someone).
  5. colloquial, transitive To eat. I can do in a dozen eggs.

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verb to kill or end

日本語やる yaru
中文幹掉 /干掉 gàndiào, 弄死 nòngsǐ
Françaistuer, zigouiller
Deutschallemachen, abmurksen
Italianouccidere, finire
Ελληνικάκαθαρίζω katharízo
Русскийприко́нчить prikónčitʹ

verb to exhaust, to tire out

中文累死 lèisǐ
Françaisclaquer, crever
Deutschschlauchen

verb to damage or injure

Deutschramponieren, kaputt machen, ruinieren

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@misc{do_in_2026,
  title = {do in},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/do%20in},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}