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English
Verb
do out of (third-person singular simple present does out of, present participle doing out of, simple past did out of, past participle done out of)
- (colloquial) To use unfair means to deprive (someone) of (something).
That swindler did me out of £100.
1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 196:"Nevermind, I'll give you a hundred dollars for it," said the king; "you did me out of horse and saddle the other day, and the bridle too, but I'll let bygones be bygones, if I get the pot."