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do the dirty on somebody (British & Australian informal)

to behave unfairly or very badly towards someone, often without them knowing And then he did the dirty on her and went and had an affair with her best friend.

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There must be thousands of Scots who don't like their boss and would like to do the dirty on them CAPTION(S): HATE FIGURE: Serbian dictator Slobodan Milosevic; DIRTY PROTEST: Iraqi tyrant Saddam Hussein; TOP CHOICE: Ex-Spice Girl Victoria Beckham WIPE THE SMILE OFF YOUR ENEMY'S FACE; Get face printed on a bog roll by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)			do head in do heart good do homework Do I have to spell it out? Do I make myself clear? do justice to do level best do me a favour Do me a favour! do more harm than good Do not wash your dirty linen in public do nut do one better do oneself proud do over do own thing do part do proud do share Do sit down do some fine coin do somehow by do somehow for do stuff do the business do the dirty on do the dirty work do the dishes do the hard way do the honors do the honours do the job do the rounds do the running do the trick do the unthinkable do the world of good do time do to excess do up brown Do we have to go through all that again? do with a vengeance do without do you have the time do you mind Do you mind! Do you want to make something of it? dock from doctor Doctor Livingstone, I presume? doctor up			Do re mi fa sol la ti do do repairs do repeatedly do research Do Right and Kill Everything do scant justice to do service do share Do sit down do some fine coin do somehow by do somehow for do someone credit do something from scratch do something hand in hand Do Something Intelligent Partner Do Something Society Entertainment do stuff do subtraction do the business Do The Damn Mission Do the Dance Do The Deed Do The Deed Do the dew Do the dew do the dirty on do the dirty work do the dishes do the dishes Do the Freaking Math do the hard way do the honors do the honors do the honors do the honours do the job Do the needful Do the needful Do the Reverse Desk Do The Right Extraction Do the Right Print Do The Right Thing do the rounds do the running Do the Simplest Thing That Could Possibly Work do the thing do the thing do the thing do the trick do the unthinkable do the will of do the world of good Do They Know It's Christmas do things by halves Do Things My Way do thoroughly

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