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do it up brown

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

To do something well or thoroughly.

dated, slang

Examples

“[…] seized by Mr. Stompff, who, scarcely waiting to carry⟳ him out of earshot, began, “Well! you've done it up brown this time, my man, and no flies! Your pictures have⟳ woke 'em up. They're talking of nothing else. […]”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

do justice do lunch do more harm than good do no harm do nothing do numbers

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