Verb: do in
Usage: informal
Usage: informal
- Get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
"The mob boss did in his rival";
- neutralize, neutralise [Brit], liquidate, waste [informal], knock off [informal], clip [informal], whack [informal], take out [informal]
Derived forms: doing in, did in, done in, does in
See also: bump off [informal], croak [informal], despatch [Brit], dispatch, murder, off [N. Amer, informal], polish off [informal], slay [literary]
Type of: kill