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Eng.noob Posted 18 years ago
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corruption "did the system in"?

0what does "did the system in" here mean? What is it called? Its not an idiom as far as i can recognise. 0-
  

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0I don't know if you would call it an idiom or slang, but "to do (someone or something) in" means to kill or destroy it. 0-

— Khoff

  • 0I don't know if you would call it an idiom or slang, but "to do (someone or something) in" means to kill or destroy it.
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0I don't know if you would call it an idiom or slang, but "to do (someone or something) in" means to kill or destroy it. "He survived the war -- it was the drinking that did him in." It's very informal.0-
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