"do out of" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: does out of [present, singular, third-person], doing out of [participle, present], did out of [past], done out of [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|do<does,,did,done> out of}} do out of (third-person singular simple present does out of, present participle doing out of, simple past did out of, past participle done out of)
  1. (colloquial) To use unfair means to deprive (someone) of (something). Tags: colloquial

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for do out of meaning in English (1.6kB)

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