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Definition of Do in
1. Verb. Get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing. "They want to do in the prisoners "; "The double agent was neutralized"
Generic synonyms: Kill
Derivative terms: Liquidation, Liquidator
Definition of Do in
1. Verb. (transitive idiomatic) To kill or end. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Do In
Literary usage of Do in
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. In His Steps: "What Would Jesus Do?" by Charles Monroe Sheldon (1897)
"What would Jesus do in the matter of v.-ealth? How would He spend it? What principle
would regulate His use of money? Would He be likely to live in great ..."
2. The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan (1860)
"(Though void of all these paintings that may make It with this or the other man
to take) Is not without those things that do excel What do in brave but ..."
3. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1873)
"To Mr. Reynolds, author, 1800, Nov. 29, to cash on account, 1501. ; 1801, Mar.
3, to do. on account, 2001. ; April 6, to do. in full, 2481. 8s. ..."
4. The History of the Reformation of the Church of England by Gilbert Burnet, Edward Nares (1843)
"... by whose Counsels your Holiness hath done that, that sithence ye have confessed
ye could not do, in promising to us as we have above rehearsed, ..."
5. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (1873)
"Brewer's reg't. Moses Barney, do. do. John Clarke, Joshua Leland, Josiah Wilson,
Joseph Butler, William Smith, Nathaniel Cushing, Lieut. do. in Capt. ..."
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