"do it brown" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: does it brown [present, singular, third-person], doing it brown [participle, present], did it brown [past], done it brown [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|do<does,,did,done> it brown}} do it brown (third-person singular simple present does it brown, present participle doing it brown, simple past did it brown, past participle done it brown)
  1. (slang, dated) Synonym of do it up brown (“to do something well or thoroughly”) Tags: dated, slang Synonyms: do it up brown [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-do_it_brown-en-verb-hEsjOCN- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with placeholder "it"

Inflected forms

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