doing in
Murdering someone covertly
Doing in is the act of killing or destroying someone or something: The detective suspected poison was responsible for the doing in of the wealthy widow.
It can also mean exhausting completely: All that yard work was the doing in of me.
The phrase is the noun form of the phrasal verb "do in."
- slayingAct of killing
- killingCausing death deliberately
- finish offComplete or consume entirely
- exhaustingDepleting one's stamina
- snuff outExtinguish by covering
neutralize · liquidate · sabotaging · undoing · wearing down · running into the ground · fatiguing · burdening · tiring · wearing thin · knock off · obliterating · put down · ruining · execute · draining · wearying · assassinating
- eliminatingeliminating, eradicating, wiping out, exterminating, abolishing
doing insaving
Reserving for future use
rescuing · sparing · preserving · reviving · resuscitating
doing inenergizing
Imparting renewed vitality
invigorating · refreshing · revitalizing · rejuvenating · reinvigorating