"do someone dirty" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-do someone dirty.ogg [Australia] Forms: does someone dirty [present, singular, third-person], doing someone dirty [participle, present], did someone dirty [past], done someone dirty [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|do<does,,did,done> someone dirty}} 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. Tags: informal Synonyms: do the dirty on, do someone dirt Related terms: dirty business
    Sense id: en-do_someone_dirty-en-verb-XrUSlO9M Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Alternative forms

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