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do sb in

Phrasal Verb with do
 
 
/duː/ verb (past tense did, past participle done)

Definition

informal
MAKE TIRED to make someone extremely tired: All that exercise has done me in.
ATTACK to attack or kill someone
(Definition of do sb in from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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