English

Verb

do for ‎(third-person singular simple present does for, present participle doing for, simple past did for, past participle done for)

1. Used other than as an idiom: see do,‎ for.
2. (transitive, Britain) to doom; to bring about the demise of

   Smoking did for him in the end.

   She's done for!

   • 1918, Siegfried Sassoon, The General

     "He's a cheery old card," muttered Harry to Jack

     As they slogged up to Arras with rifle and pack.

     . . .

     But he did for them both by his plan of attack.

   • 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses,chapter 16

     --That bitch, that English whore, did for him, the shebeen proprietor commented. She put the first nail in his coffin.

3. To do cleaning or other household chores for.

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