Meaning of do in in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Verb
    1. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

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  1. Verb

    do in

    Definitions

    1. get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing

    Examples

    • « The mafia liquidated the informer »
    • « the double agent was neutralized »

    Derived terms

Famous quotes

  • « The things that people do now in sports, you can't even believe. These are complete total athletes. To see what human beings can do in the highest level is amazing. »
    Billie Joe Armstrong
  • « The business that people do in LA on the social level is amazing. You go to a restaurant, bump into this guy or that guy. The next day you get a call, and they want you in their movie. »
    Kevin Bacon
  • « The theatre only knows what it's doing next week, not like the opera, where they say: What are we going to do in five years' time? A completely different attitude. »
    Harrison Birtwistle
  • « The functions of these elders, therefore, determine the power of the people for a representative is one chosen by others to do in their name what they are entitled to do in their own persons or rather to exercise the powers which radically inhere in those for whom they act. »
    Charles Hodge
  • « It's nice to be able to work I'd love to be able to do another TV show I could do in Chicago so I could live and work in the same place. It's hard being a parent and being in a good marriage, and it all takes a lot of work, but if you're not there you can't do any of it. »
    Joan Cusack

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