do someone dirty

English

Alternative forms

• do someone dirt

Pronunciation

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Verb

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

1. (informal) To deliberately treat someone in an unfair or harmful manner.
   • 1966, George Hanna, "Death of 'Devil Anse' Hatfield Was 45 Years Ago," Tri-City Herald (Washington State, USA), 5 Jan., p. 36 (retrieved 28 July 2010):

     Johnse lived with her, but didn't marry her. Later he married her cousin. "He did her dirty," says Willis Hatfield of his brother's affair with Roseann.

   • 1971 April 10, Al Levine, “Dolphins sign Mira and (surprise) Del Gaizo”, in Miami News, retrieved 28 July 2010, page 1B:

     Mira, who thought the Colts did him dirty by not activating him as they promised, did not call back.

   • 2005 February 2, Rashaun Hall, “Mario Shoots Heartbreaking New Video”, in mtv.com, retrieved 28 July 2010:

     She was cheating on him—doing him dirty.

   • 2021 June 4, Jhaan Elker, “Every ‘Mass Effect’ squadmate, ranked from a storytelling perspective”, in The Washington Post‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 June 2021, Launcher News‎^[2]:

     The writers did Samara dirty in this game. First, they retconned her comments on how many Ardat Yakshi there are in the universe (Ardat Yakshi are diseased Asari who are basically vampires who need to be sheltered away from others). Then, they made Samara break her Justicar code — something she’s followed literally for centuries — by attempting to kill herself so that her daughter Falere can live.

Synonyms

• do the dirty on

See also

• dirty business