Do in — Meaning, Definition & Synonyms

Do in (verb) — Senses, Synonyms & Antonyms

1. to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of

   "a business venture that was done in by poor planning"

   similar: annihilate, cream, decimate, demolish, desolate, destroy, devastate, extinguish, nuke, pull down, pulverize, raze, rub out, ruin, shatter, smash, tear down, total, vaporize, waste, wrack, wreck
   related: beat, best, clobber, conquer, crush, defeat, drub, lick, master, overbear, overcome, overmatch, prevail (over), rout, scotch, skunk, subdue, surmount, thrash, trim, triumph (over), trounce, wallop, whip, win (against), blast, blow up, break, cripple, damage, deface, deteriorate, disfigure, disintegrate, dissolve, dynamite, harm, impair, injure, mangle, mar, mutilate, spoil, vitiate, erode, scour, sweep (away), wash out, wear (away), dilapidate, disassemble, dismantle, gut, take down, unbuild, undo, unmake, blot out, efface, eradicate, expunge, exterminate, extirpate, liquidate, obliterate, remove, root (out), snuff (out), stamp (out), wipe out, despoil, havoc, loot, pillage, plunder, ravage, sack, trample, trash, vandalize, assassinate, butcher, cut down, dispatch, execute, fell, kill, kill off, massacre, mow (down), murder, slaughter, slay, take out, zap
   opposite: build, construct, erect, put up, raise, rear, set up
   near: doctor, fix, mend, patch, recondition, repair, revamp, create, invent, assemble, fabricate, fashion, forge, form, frame, make, manufacture, mold, produce, shape, bring about, constitute, establish, father, found, institute, organize, conserve, preserve, protect, save, rebuild, reconstruct, remodel, renovate, restore

2. to deprive of life

   "the early frost did in all of our tender plants"

   similar: carry off, claim, croak (slang), destroy, dispatch, fell, kill, slay, take, do away with, do for (chiefly British), make away with
   related: bump off, butcher, cut down, finish, get, ice (slang), knock off, murder, neutralize, off (slang), put away, rub out, scrag, snuff, take out, waste, whack (slang), annihilate, blot out, decimate, kill off, massacre, mow, slaughter, smite, assassinate, execute, martyr, terminate, euthanize, put down, suicide
   opposite: animate
   near: raise, restore, resurrect, resuscitate, revive, nurture

3. to put to death deliberately

   "somebody did the old man in late last night"

   similar: assassinate, bump off, croak (slang), dispatch, execute, get, ice (slang), knock off, liquidate, murder, neutralize, off (slang), put away, rub out, slay, snuff, take out, terminate, whack (slang), do away with
   related: blow away, shoot, shoot down, blot out, carry off, claim, cut down, destroy, fell, kill, smite, zap, butcher, massacre, mow (down), slaughter, annihilate, eliminate, eradicate, exterminate, wipe out
   near: animate, raise, restore, resurrect, resuscitate, revive

4. to use up all the physical energy of

   "the long day of hard work really did me in"

   similar: break, burn out, bust, do up, drain, exhaust, fag, fatigue, frazzle, harass, kill, knock out, outwear, tire, tucker (out), wash out, wear, wear out, weary, wear to a frazzle
   related: debilitate, enervate, enfeeble, sap, waste, weaken
   near: activate, energize, invigorate, rejuvenate, strengthen, vitalize, relax, rest, unwind

5. to rob by the use of trickery or threats

   "too savvy an investor to be done in by preposterous claims of astronomical returns"

   similar: beat, bilk, bleed, cheat, chisel, chouse, con, cozen, defraud, diddle, do, euchre, fiddle, fleece, flimflam, gaff, hose (slang), hustle, mulct, nobble (British slang), pluck, ream, rip off, rook, screw, shake down, short, shortchange, skin, skunk, squeeze, stick, stiff, sting, sucker, swindle, thimblerig, victimize, sell a bill of goods to, take for a ride, take to the cleaners
   related: extort, wrench, wrest, wring, clip, gouge, nick, overcharge, soak, exploit, milk, deceive, dupe, fool, gull, trick, rope (in), betray, bitch, double-cross, bamboozle, fast-talk