do for

English

Verb

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

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see do,‎ for.
2. (transitive, British) to doom; to bring about the demise of

   Smoking did for him in the end.

   She's done for!

   • 1918, Siegfried Sassoon, The General

     "He's a cheery old card," muttered Harry to Jack

     As they slogged up to Arras with rifle and pack.

     . . .

     But he did for them both by his plan of attack.

   • 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses,chapter 16

     --That bitch, that English whore, did for him, the shebeen proprietor commented. She put the first nail in his coffin.

3. To do cleaning or other household chores for.

Translations

to doom

• Russian: погуби́ть (ru) pf (pogubítʹ)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Spanish: hacer por

Anagrams

• Frodo, fordo, frood