"do to death" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: does to death [present, singular, third-person], doing to death [participle, present], did to death [past], done to death [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|do<does,,did,done> to death}} do to death (third-person singular simple present does to death, present participle doing to death, simple past did to death, past participle done to death)
  1. Of a trope, joke, topic, idea, etc, to use so often that it becomes trite.
    Sense id: en-do_to_death-en-verb-HVyBdD-d
  2. (obsolete) To put to death. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-do_to_death-en-verb-~zi07G9W Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 83

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          "ref": "2023 January 27, Battleship New Jersey, 4:07 from the start, in Maintaining Your Battleship: Jan 2023 Update",
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