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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They also can’t forget the eerie reality that the S&P 500 semiconductors index has traded similarly to the way it did in the late 1990s—just before the dot-com bubble burst.

From Barron's • Jun. 16, 2026

Mark Kalinowski, an analyst at Kalinowski Equity Research, said that KFC faces far more competition than it did in prior decades.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 16, 2026

"I think that remains very vivid in their minds, what Neymar did in Brazil before moving abroad," said Musa.

From BBC • Jun. 13, 2026

A more competitive economic landscape makes it harder for unions to succeed the way they did in the 1950s, Strain added.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

And the woman wore her hair just as Miss Mortimer did, in a pretty chignon at the base of her neck.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood