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The phrase "do down" is not usually used in written English. If you are looking for an alternative phrase that means the same thing, you could use "bring down" or "knock down." For example: "I watched as the bulldozer knocked down the old building."
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do down
verb
To belittle or intimidate
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What goes up can do down.
"You don't know what they do down in the trenches".
"What-cha do down deh?" "Oh," he says, "nuttin' much.
"It's the right thing to do down the road".
I don't want to do down people's success.
I don't want to do down hospital birth.
"It's better to do down fighting" argues audioblogger Mrsnap.
A plot to do down Islam Jihadists fight on Watch out!
What will Longhorns offensive coordinator Bryan Harsin do down the stretch?
In high school they tell you: "Write everything you do down!
Even a heavily-tolled road bridge would be "the last thing I'd do down there.
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