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The phrase "do in" is correct and usable in written English, although it is more commonly used in informal speech.
It means to exhaust or wear out someone or something. Example: The long hike really did me in. I can barely move my legs now.
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do in
verb
To kill or end.
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Still do, in fact.
They do in New Zealand.
It wouldn't do in fiction.
We do, in this town.
We do in private.
Still do, in person.
You do in Wisconsin.
What do you do in that situation?
I still do in the summer.
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