tv. to make someone tired. : That tennis game really did me in.
tv. to cheat someone; to take (so) in. : The scam artists did the widow in by talking her into giving them all the money in her bank account.
tv. to kill someone. : The crooks did the bank guard in.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition. Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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do without
Manage in spite of being without something. For example, They will just have to do without a vacation this year, or There was no telephone in the cabin, but we soon learned to do without. [Early 1700s]
