DO FOR (SOMEBODY/SOMETHING)


Meaning of DO FOR (SOMEBODY/SOMETHING) in English

do for somebody/something phrasal verb ( see also ↑ do )

British English informal to kill someone or harm something or someone very badly:

Working 100 hours a week nearly did for me.

⇨ be done for at ↑ done 2 (3)

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.