Do in and Short

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Do in verb - To rob by the use of trickery or threats.

Usage example: too savvy an investor to be done in by preposterous claims of astronomical returns

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Short and do in are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Short" instead a verb "Do in".

Short verb - To rob by the use of trickery or threats.

Usage example: charged that the used-car dealer had been shorting customers for years

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Do in and short are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Do in" instead a verb "Short".

These are described by a short list the things characters of that Alignment would or would not do in certain situations.

Source: Unconventional Alignment
Al Pacino said that he would work his ass off in acting... only to come short of what Brando could do in his sleep.

Source: Technician vs. Performer
In the 1943 short "Porky Pig's Feat", Daffy and Porky are imprisoned in their hotel room (for not paying their bill), and Porky wonders aloud what Bugs Bunny would do in a situation like this.

Source: Hilarious In Hindsight / Western Animation

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