DOES IN Synonyms: 287 Similar and Opposite Words

does in

verb

present tense third-person singular of do in

as in destroys

to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of a business venture that was done in by poor planning

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as in kills

to deprive of life the early frost did in all of our tender plants

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as in assassinates

to put to death deliberately somebody did the old man in late last night

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as in wears

to use up all the physical energy of the long day of hard work really did me in

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as in squeezes

to rob by the use of trickery or threats too savvy an investor to be done in by preposterous claims of astronomical returns

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Recent Examples of does in And that’s exactly what Kay does in a new promotional campaign for YES Network that debuted on Friday, preceding the channel’s first broadcast of the Yankees’ 2026 season. —

Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 27 Mar. 2026 Anthropic is supposed to be able to obviate what Workday does in human resources and finance. —

Jim Cramer, CNBC, 20 Feb. 2026 Deep reserve Pat Spencer checked in to start the fourth quarter, playing the minutes Curry usually does in that spot. —

Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2026 Obviously, this one does in many ways. —

Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 13 Sep. 2025 Several of these indicators hint that we are headed in that direction, and the momentum is strong regardless of what the Fed does in September. —

Alice Liu, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025 But whatever Australia does in response is likely nowhere near enough to pressure Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu to end the conflict, which his security cabinet agreed to extend Thursday with the occupation of Gaza City. —

Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2025

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For those who know the play well, some of Mantello’s choices are most striking, especially the horror here of the famous hotel-room scene with a tawdry lover (brutally played by Katherine Romans), an act born of loneliness that destroys a father’s relationship with his son forever.

— Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 10 Apr. 2026
Alzheimer’s disease, a brain disorder that slowly destroys memory and thinking skills, affects more than 6 million Americans, most of them age 65 or older.

— Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2026