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do over
verb- to beat someone up UK, 1866
- We’ve talked to Feeney and he says it was an abo who did him over. — Wal Watkins, Andamooka, p. 179, 1971
- — Jim Ramsay, Cop It Sweet!, p. 31, 1977
- Sometimes a prisoner was approached by a third party and asked to do someone over in the gaol[.] — William Dodson, The Sharp End, p. 25, 2001
- to swindle or take advantage of AUSTRALIA
- In some cases (e.g.’s: Public Transport multiple hire taxis found in general newspapers etc.) the Public is aware that it is being done over–but, of course it doesn’t do anything about it. — Figure and Vigour, p. 6, 1952
- We won’t be done over like our poor old mums. — Kathy Lette, Girls’ Night Out, p. 156, 1987
- to frisk, to search through someone’s clothing or property UK, 1984
- That night they stake out the warehouse and sure enough the van arrives and Rossitano and the 2 Murphy boys get out to do the place over. — The Whistle Blower, Blue Heelers, 1998
- to have sex with someone AUSTRALIA
- Strike me...a man couldn’t do her over, much...not much. — Sumner Locke Elliott, Rusty Bugles, p. 29, 1948
- Here he was, a one-time sailor boy who burned to do her over, but knew he would never get the chance, no matter what. — Robert S. Close, With Hooves of Brass, p. 76, 1961
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