English verb: do in | |||
| 1. | do in (contact) get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing | ||
| Samples | The mafia liquidated the informer. The double agent was neutralized. | ||
| Examples | They want to do in the prisoners | ||
| Synonyms | knock off, liquidate, neutralise, neutralize, waste | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | kill | ||