do out of

verb

To use unfair means to deprive (someone) of (something).

“That swindler did me out of £100.”

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Meanings

verbdo out of (third-person singular simple present does out of, present participle doing out of, simple past did out of, past participle done out of)

present singular third person does out of · participle present doing out of · past did out of · participle past done out of

  1. colloquialTo use unfair means to deprive (someone) of (something).

    That swindler did me out of £100.

    1 more example

    "Nevermind, I'll give you a hundred dollars for it," said the king; "you did me out of horse and saddle the other day, and the bridle too, but I'll let bygones be bygones, if I get the pot."

    1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 196
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