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did in

VERB

destroy; exhaust

Synonyms

WEAK

assassinate bankrupt bump off butcher cool dilapidate dispatch do away with eliminate execute fatigue finish frazzle kill knock out liquidate murder put away ruin shatter slaughter slay tire wear out weary wreck

Example Sentences

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“Your legacy is not what you did in the short term, it’s for what you did in the long term.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

If Scotland hit the mark in their upcoming matches the way McGinn did in front of the media then this could be a special World Cup.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

The orchestra plays Mozart’s score as though it were, as orchestras did in the old days, accompanying a silent movie but to radically different effect.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

Market history is being repeated, and not in a good way, as investors chase red-hot stock sectors just like they did in 2000, billionaire investor Bill Ackman says.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

I didn’t feel right throwing the leftover letters away or keeping them under my bed again; so I placed them inside the quilt along with the batting just like they did in the old days.

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry