English Explanatory Dictionary

do someone brown

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To deceive someone thoroughly; to take in completely.

Word forms

do someone brown does someone brown doing someone brown did someone brown done someone brown

Etymology

A play on two senses of do: to cheat, and to cook food, which may be brown when cooked thoroughly.

Related words

done brown do it up brown
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