do it up brown

English

Verb

do it up brown (third-person singular simple present does it up brown, present participle doing it up brown, simple past did it up brown, past participle done it up brown)

1. (slang, dated) To do something well or thoroughly.

   Synonym: do it brown

   • 1865, Temple Bar: A London Magazine for Town and Country Readers, page 513:

     […] seized by Mr. Stompff, who, scarcely waiting to carry him out of earshot, began, “Well! you've done it up brown this time, my man, and no flies! Your pictures have woke 'em up. They're talking of nothing else. […]

Related terms

• do someone brown
• done brown

References

• John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary