- do someone down Brit.
- do someone down Brit.informalcriticize someone.→ do
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do someone down Brit.
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send someone down — Brit. 1》 expel a student from a university. 2》 informal sentence someone to imprisonment. → send … English new terms dictionary
set someone down — Brit. stop and allow someone to alight from a vehicle. → set … English new terms dictionary
suit someone down to the ground — Brit. be extremely convenient or appropriate for someone. → suit … English new terms dictionary
send someone down — 1 (Brit.) she was sent down from Cambridge: EXPEL, exclude; Brit. rusticate. 2 (informal) he was sent down for life: SEND TO PRISON, imprison, jail, incarcerate, lo … Useful english dictionary
run someone down — 1) he was run down by joyriders Syn: run over, knock down/over, hit 2) she ran him down in front of other people Syn: criticize, denigrate, belittle, disparage, deprecate, find fault with; informal put down, knock … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
run someone down — 1 he was run down by joyriders: RUN OVER, knock down/over; hit, strike. 2 she ran him down in front of other people: CRITICIZE, denigrate, belittle, disparage … Useful english dictionary
send someone down — informal Syn: send to prison, imprison, jail, incarcerate, lock up, confine, detain, intern; informal put away; Brit.; informal bang up … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
down — I [[t]daʊn[/t]] adv. 1) from higher to lower; toward or into a lower position or level: Tell him to come down[/ex] 2) on or to the ground, floor, or the like: to fall down[/ex] 3) to or in a sitting or lying position 4) to an area or district… … From formal English to slang
do down — transitive verb Britain : to get the better of (as by trickery) : overcome if it s a game of skill you ll do me down W.J.Locke hope you don t think I m doing you down over selling the house Clemence Dane … Useful english dictionary
send down — verb suspend temporarily from college or university, in England • Syn: ↑rusticate • Derivationally related forms: ↑rustication (for: ↑rusticate) • Hypernyms: ↑suspend, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
