do (someone) down

1. To humiliate, denigrate, or belittle someone. John is always doing people down as a way of making up for his own poor self esteem.

2. To cheat, swindle, or deceive someone. Primarily heard in UK. The huckster made a living from buying men a few too many rounds of ale, and then doing them down for whatever money they had on them. That jerk did me down, selling me a car that doesn't even work!

词组	do (someone) down
释义	do (someone) down do (someone) down 1. To humiliate, denigrate, or belittle someone. John is always doing people down as a way of making up for his own poor self esteem. 2. To cheat, swindle, or deceive someone. Primarily heard in UK. The huckster made a living from buying men a few too many rounds of ale, and then doing them down for whatever money they had on them. That jerk did me down, selling me a car that doesn't even work! See also: down Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: scam scam on (one) jew Jew (one) fiddle (someone) out of (something) do (someone) out of (something) do out of
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