DONE DOWN Synonyms: 95 Similar and Opposite Words

done down

verb

past participle of do down, British

as in overcome

to achieve a victory over you'll do her down at cards, but she'll probably win at croquet

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Recent Examples of done down But he's got 76 strikeouts in 52 1/3 innings, and Guerrero was demonstrating the entire club's belief that the righty can get the job done down the stretch. — Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025

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Verb

Democrats have been struggling to overcome disarray in other messy primaries across this year’s midterm calendar.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 July 2026
Ding said optical interconnects are becoming essential for overcoming the scalability limits of conventional server architectures.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 18 July 2026

Definition of overcome

Verb

On Sunday, Spain defeated Argentina in extra time to win the 2026 World Cup in thrilling fashion.

— Dean Jones, New York Times, 20 July 2026
Spain defeated Argentina to win the FIFA men’s World Cup on Sunday, capping a tournament that was broadly seen as a success for the North American host nations.

— J.D. Capelouto, semafor.com, 19 July 2026

Definition of defeated

Verb

And this sort of confrontation has become more common in recent years as Beijing has taken a more aggressive stance.

— Ivan Watson, CNN Money, 24 July 2026
The driver injured in the crash was taken by Canyon County Paramedics to a local hospital, where he was treated and released, police said, before being arrested.

— Rachel Roberts, Idaho Statesman, 24 July 2026

Definition of taken

Verb

After Blake Street Cemetery stopped accepting new burials in 1931, New Haven began relying on another paupers’ cemetery located on Woodin Street.

— John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2026
On May 2, 2024, in the midst of worsening conditions in Gaza, Petro severed diplomatic relations with Israel and stopped lucrative exports of coal to Israel, as well as all weapons deals.

— Larry Luxner, Sun Sentinel, 20 July 2026

Definition of stopped

Verb

On Monday, the Philippine military says a China Coast Guard ship dispatched a smaller boat that approached the Sierra Madre.

— Ivan Watson, CNN Money, 24 July 2026
The Israeli military ⁠said it had been dispatched to the area, southwest of the Palestinian city of Nablus, after reports of an attack on Israeli civilians who were hiking there.

— Reuters, NBC news, 24 July 2026

Definition of dispatched

Verb

Iran got 70 million barrels of oil out of the strait in the weeks following its memorandum of understanding with the United States.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
Daniel isn’t this devil’s only minion; Armand’s got an Illumination movie’s worth of cronies doing his bidding.

— Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 20 July 2026

Definition of got

Verb

That theme stayed true Thursday evening, with the American League Central rivals trading leads until the Tigers (49-54) forged ahead and beat the Royals 4-3 in a series opener at Comerica Park.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 24 July 2026
Just give a prompt to generative AI and ask how to beat the protection.

— Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026

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