do somebody ↔ down

phrasal verbphr v CRITICIZEto criticize someone, especially in an unfair way 诋毁，中伤

I know you don’t like him, but there’s no need to keep doing him down in front of the boss.

我知道你不喜欢他，可也没必要一直在老板面前说他的不是。

Examples from the Corpus

do down• All he can do is call down to the sheriff in Baudette.• All the egg has to do is roll down the other tube.• Father, do please sit down here.• However, machines do break down and power supplies sometimes fail.• I do that riding down the road, make up my own stories about people and places.• In many companies, stated corporate values and policies do not filter down to the day-to - day actions of the firm.• Now all Madame Butterfly had to do was climb down a piece of wood twice her height and fly free.• Slowing down does not help, and generally the driver is not brave enough or quick enough to try accelerating.

→ do somebody ↔ down at do2(PHRASAL VERB)