do it up brown

verb

To do something well or thoroughly.

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Meanings

verbdo it up brown (third-person singular simple present does it up brown, present participle doing it up brown, simple past did it up brown, past participle done it up brown)

present singular third person does it up brown · participle present doing it up brown · past did it up brown · participle past done it up brown

  1. datedslangTo do something well or thoroughly.

    […] seized by Mr. Stompff, who, scarcely waiting to carry him out of earshot, began, “Well! you've done it up brown this time, my man, and no flies! Your pictures have woke 'em up. They're talking of nothing else. […]

    1865, Temple Bar: A London Magazine for Town and Country Readers, page 513

    Synonyms: do it brown

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo do something well or thoroughly.

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