do in

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Definition
  1. Verb (transitive, slang):
    • To kill, to murder: To cause someone's death, often deliberately and with a sense of finality.
    • To exhaust completely, to wear out: To cause someone to become extremely tired or fatigued.
Usage
  • This verb is primarily used in informal or slang contexts. It carries a strong, often violent connotation when meaning "to kill." When meaning "to exhaust," it is colloquial and emphatic.
  • It is a separable phrasal verb (e.g., "do someone in").
Examples
  • Meaning: To kill:
    • The gang threatened to do him in if he talked to the police.
    • In the old detective novel, the villain was done in by his own partner.
  • Meaning: To exhaust:
    • That long hike really did me in; I need to sleep for a week.
    • The final week of exams did the students in.
Advanced Usage
  • Passive Voice: Commonly used in the passive voice ("be done in") to emphasize the state of the subject.
    • After the marathon, he was completely done in.
    • The witness was done in before the trial.
Variants and Related Words
  • Liquidate (verb): To eliminate, especially by killing. (More formal/businesslike connotation)
  • Neutralize (verb): To render ineffective or harmless; in espionage/military contexts, can mean to kill.
  • Knock out (phrasal verb): To render unconscious; colloquially, to exhaust.
  • Wipe out (phrasal verb): To eliminate completely; colloquially, to exhaust.
Synonyms
  • Kill: Put to death.
  • Murder: Unlawfully kill.
  • Exhaust: Tire out completely.
  • Fatigue: Cause to become tired.
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Do away with: To abolish, put an end to, or kill.
    • They decided to do away with the old policy.
  • Do over: To do again.
    • The teacher made me do the assignment over.
Related Idioms
  • Done in: (Adjective phrase) In a state of complete exhaustion.
    • By the end of the day, I was just done in.
  • Do a number on someone: To injure, damage, or severely affect someone.
    • That flu really did a number on me. (Made me very sick/exhausted)
Verb
  1. get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
    • The mafia liquidated the informer
    • the double agent was neutralized

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