Synonyms of doing in

doing in

verb

present participle of do in

1

as in destroying

to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of

a business venture that was done in by poor planning

Synonyms & Similar Words

• destroying
• ruining
• shattering
• demolishing
• devastating
• wrecking
• tearing down
• pulling down
• smashing
• overcoming
• rubbing out
• wasting
• damaging
• winning (against)
• prevailing (over)
• totaling
• wearing (away)
• eroding
• extinguishing
• triumphing (over)
• vaporizing
• pulverizing
• marring
• decimating
• annihilating
• sweeping (away)
• razing
• ravaging
• creaming
• crippling
• wracking
• blowing up
• washing out
• crushing
• killing
• taking down
• removing
• breaking
• dismantling
• wiping out
• stamping (out)
• defeating
• desolating
• rooting (out)
• blasting
• blotting out
• nuking
• cutting down
• injuring
• taking out
• licking
• trimming
• subduing
• snuffing (out)
• surmounting
• routing
• killing off
• mastering
• conquering
• impairing
• deteriorating
• spoiling
• mowing (down)
• disintegrating
• dissolving
• whipping
• eradicating
• harming
• mutilating
• besting
• clobbering
• disfiguring
• defacing
• dynamiting
• thrashing
• scouring
• mangling
• beating
• vitiating
• undoing
• walloping
• executing
• disassembling
• sacking
• gutting
• overmatching
• slaughtering
• assassinating
• exterminating
• obliterating
• plundering
• trouncing
• vandalizing
• overbearing
• murdering
• drubbing
• extirpating
• looting
• trampling
• scotching
• expunging
• liquidating
• effacing
• slaying
• despoiling
• dispatching
• pillaging
• skunking
• zapping
• havocking
• trashing
• massacring
• felling
• butchering
• unmaking
• dilapidating
• unbuilding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• setting up
• putting up
• building
• constructing
• raising
• erecting
• creating
• repairing
• rearing
• fixing
• bringing about
• producing
• making
• forming
• manufacturing
• shaping
• establishing
• inventing
• assembling
• organizing
• forging
• patching
• framing
• constituting
• molding
• fabricating
• protecting
• reconditioning
• founding
• revamping
• preserving
• instituting
• fashioning
• mending
• saving
• doctoring
• conserving
• restoring
• rebuilding
• remodeling
• reconstructing
• fathering
• renovating

2

as in killing

to deprive of life

the early frost did in all of our tender plants

Synonyms & Similar Words

• killing
• destroying
• carrying off
• doing away with
• doing for
• slaying
• making away with
• cutting down
• claiming
• taking
• dispatching
• taking out
• putting away
• felling
• killing off
• murdering
• blotting out
• rubbing out
• knocking off
• slaughtering
• croaking
• bumping off
• finishing
• wasting
• assassinating
• neutralizing
• putting down
• executing
• snuffing
• butchering
• scragging
• mowing
• offing
• icing
• decimating
• getting
• whacking
• massacring
• annihilating
• smiting
• terminating
• martyring
• euthanizing
• suiciding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• animating
• restoring
• raising
• reviving
• resurrecting
• nurturing
• resuscitating

3

as in murdering

to put to death deliberately

somebody did the old man in late last night

Synonyms & Similar Words

• murdering
• assassinating
• taking out
• doing away with
• putting away
• executing
• slaying
• knocking off
• bumping off
• rubbing out
• killing
• getting
• neutralizing
• dispatching
• cutting down
• terminating
• blowing away
• carrying off
• liquidating
• shooting down
• snuffing
• whacking
• blotting out
• destroying
• icing
• slaughtering
• offing
• shooting
• croaking
• wiping out
• mowing (down)
• claiming
• eliminating
• eradicating
• zapping
• smiting
• felling
• butchering
• massacring
• exterminating
• annihilating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• raising
• restoring
• reviving
• animating
• resurrecting
• resuscitating

4

as in wearing

to use up all the physical energy of

the long day of hard work really did me in

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wearing
• killing
• exhausting
• tiring
• wearing out
• doing up
• burning out
• knocking out
• washing out
• draining
• busting
• tuckering (out)
• wearing to a frazzle
• harassing
• wearying
• outwearing
• wasting
• breaking
• fatiguing
• fagging
• weakening
• frazzling
• debilitating
• sapping
• enervating
• enfeebling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• activating
• strengthening
• energizing
• invigorating
• resting
• relaxing
• rejuvenating
• vitalizing
• unwinding

5

as in cheating

to rob by the use of trickery or threats

too savvy an investor to be done in by preposterous claims of astronomical returns

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cheating
• squeezing
• plucking
• stinging
• hustling
• shaking down
• ripping off
• sticking
• beating
• doing
• taking for a ride
• screwing
• selling a bill of goods to
• taking to the cleaners
• bleeding
• deceiving
• thimblerigging
• shorting
• chousing
• defrauding
• victimizing
• mulcting
• reaming
• euchring
• rooking
• shortchanging
• conning
• tricking
• flimflamming
• swindling
• exploiting
• skinning
• fleecing
• bilking
• cozening
• fiddling
• chiseling
• suckering
• stiffing
• diddling
• gaffing
• hosing
• roping (in)
• betraying
• nobbling
• fooling
• clipping
• wrenching
• skunking
• extorting
• milking
• gouging
• overcharging
• wringing
• soaking
• nicking
• wresting
• duping
• gulling
• bitching
• double-crossing
• bamboozling
• fast-talking

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of doing in

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