"do for" meaning in English

See do for in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: does for [present, singular, third-person], doing for [participle, present], did for [past], done for [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|<does,,did,done>}} 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.
    Sense id: en-do_for-en-verb-76PcZnRH
  2. (transitive, British) To doom; to bring about the demise of someone; to injure or harm someone. Tags: British, transitive Translations (to doom): rujnować [imperfective] (Polish), zrujnować [perfective] (Polish), niszczyć [imperfective] (Polish), zniszczyć [perfective] (Polish), погуби́ть (pogubítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), hacer por (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-do_for-en-verb-ue0Y9pfP Categories (other): British English, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 4 14 27 21 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 5 42 19 16 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 5 19 30 24 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 5 19 28 22 26 Synonyms: damage, wound, abuse, annoy [archaic], bewound, damage, damnify [obsolete], dere [UK, archaic, dialectal], do damage to, do for [UK], do ill, do violence to, forwork [archaic], grieve [archaic], harm, harrow, hurt, injure, maul, misdo [archaic], put someone in hospital [UK], scaith [Scotland], scathe, vulnerate [archaic], wet [slang], wound, annihilate, bag, baptize, bereave of life, blight, bring down, bump off, bury, cack [US, slang], compromised to a permanent end, croak, crush, dash, deactivate, dead, demolish, destroy, dispatch, dispose of, do [slang], do in, dust, eliminate, end, eradicate, ex, exterminate, finish, finish off, flatten, grease, knock off, lay waste to, make away with, merc, mortify [obsolete], neutralize, obliterate, off, pay off, pick off, polish off, pop off, punch someone's ticket, put an end to, put down, put someone out of their misery, put six feet under, put to sleep, ravage, rub out, ruin, scotch, scupper, scuttle, send to eternity, send to hell, send to the grave, send to the great beyond, send to the next life, slay, slaughter, slime out, smash, smite, snuff, squash, stiff, stop someone's clock, take, terminate, terminate with extreme prejudice, top off [UK, slang], top [UK, slang], torpedo, take care of, take down, take out, waste, wax, wet, whack, wipe out, wreck Disambiguation of 'to doom': 0 100 0 0 0
  3. (transitive, British) To prosecute someone for a criminal offence. Tags: British, transitive
    Sense id: en-do_for-en-verb-jaMAZtvB Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "for", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 22 33 24 20 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "for": 4 19 33 25 19 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 4 14 27 21 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 15 37 28 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 15 38 28 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 5 19 30 24 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 5 19 28 22 26
  4. (UK, dated, intransitive) To work as a domestic servant for. Tags: UK, dated, intransitive
    Sense id: en-do_for-en-verb-OS6CiRNe Categories (other): British English, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 4 14 27 21 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 5 19 30 24 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 5 19 28 22 26 Synonyms: attend, serve, wait on, aid, attend, attend to, await, bestand, bestead, dance attendance [British], do [British, dated], do for [British, dated], serve, service, stay [obsolete], tend, wait, wait on, wait upon
  5. (slang) To tire; to exhaust. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-do_for-en-verb--2V~Ai~2 Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 4 14 27 21 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 5 19 30 24 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 5 19 28 22 26 Synonyms: fordo, weary, beleaguer, exhaust, fatigue, fordo, do for [slang], gas out, get down, jade, knock up [dated], poop, run someone ragged, tire, tire out, wear, wear down, wear out, weary
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: done for

Inflected forms

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          "word": "baptize"
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          "word": "do"
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          "word": "pay off"
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          "word": "pick off"
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          "word": "polish off"
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          "word": "pop off"
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          "word": "punch someone's ticket"
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          "word": "put six feet under"
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          "word": "send to eternity"
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          "word": "send to hell"
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          "word": "send to the grave"
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          "word": "send to the great beyond"
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          "word": "send to the next life"
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          "word": "stop someone's clock"
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          "word": "terminate with extreme prejudice"
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          "word": "top off"
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          "word": "top"
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        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:serve",
          "tags": [
            "obsolete"
          ],
          "word": "stay"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:serve",
          "word": "tend"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:serve",
          "word": "wait"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:serve",
          "word": "wait on"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:serve",
          "word": "wait upon"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "dated",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English slang",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              21,
              29
            ]
          ],
          "text": "All this running has done for me.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To tire; to exhaust."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tire",
          "tire"
        ],
        [
          "exhaust",
          "exhaust"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) To tire; to exhaust."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "fordo"
        },
        {
          "word": "weary"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:tire",
          "word": "beleaguer"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:tire",
          "word": "exhaust"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:tire",
          "word": "fatigue"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:tire",
          "word": "fordo"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:tire",
          "tags": [
            "slang"
          ],
          "word": "do for"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:tire",
          "word": "gas out"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:tire",
          "word": "get down"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:tire",
          "word": "jade"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:tire",
          "tags": [
            "dated"
          ],
          "word": "knock up"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:tire",
          "word": "poop"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:tire",
          "word": "run someone ragged"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:tire",
          "word": "tire"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:tire",
          "word": "tire out"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:tire",
          "word": "wear"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:tire",
          "word": "wear down"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:tire",
          "word": "wear out"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:tire",
          "word": "weary"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "to doom",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "rujnować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "to doom",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zrujnować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "to doom",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "niszczyć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "to doom",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zniszczyć"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "pogubítʹ",
      "sense": "to doom",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "погуби́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "to doom",
      "word": "hacer por"
    }
  ],
  "word": "do for"
}

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