do in

verbe

En français : tuer, zigouiller, claquer, crever

To kill or end; to defeat. (colloquial, transitive) · By the eighth mile, I was sure that finishing the 10-mile hike would do me in.· We very nearly did in an entire keg of beer that weekend.
To exhaust, to tire out. (colloquial, transitive) · I’m off to bed. I’m completely done in.· I'm exhausted! That 20-mile hike has done me in.
To damage or injure. (colloquial, transitive) · I’m off work at the moment; I’ve done my back in.
To rob (someone); to steal or pilfer from (someone). (dated, slang, transitive)
To eat. (colloquial, transitive) · I can do in a dozen eggs.

Dans la bibliothèque

There was no more to do in the room, so the poisoner retired stealthily, as though fearing to hear the sound of her own footsteps; but as she withdrew she still held aside the curtain, absorbed in the irresistible attraction always exerted by the picture of death, so long as it is merely mysterious and does not excite disgust.

The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 1005 · C1

Haven’t you any work to do in the world that might interest you more?”

Six stories from The Four Million, p. 31 · C1

But I could love him only if he had an ambition, an object, some work to do in the world.

Six stories from The Four Million, p. 33 · C1

None of the Sloanes would have any dealings with the Bells, because the Bells had declared that the Sloanes had too much to do in the program, and the Sloanes had retorted that the Bells were not capable of doing the little they had to do properly.

Anne of Green Gables, p. 201 · C1

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