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"

Exact synonyms: Knock Off, Liquidate, Neutralise, Neutralize, Waste
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

do a job on
do a number on
do a slow burn
do as I say and not as I do
do away with
do battle
do business
do by
do dos
do down
do drugs
do for
do good
do in
do it tough
do it yourself
do justice
do loop
do me a lemon
do not disturb
do not enter
do not want
do off
do one
do one's best
do one's bit

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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