do for

verb

1. tr to convict of a crime or offence

   they did him for manslaughter

2. intr to cause the ruin, death, or defeat of

   the last punch did for him

3. intr to do housework for
4. do well for oneself
   to thrive or succeed

Example Sentences

What did that experience do for you?

From Los Angeles Times

And that needed to change, for her, at a certain point, but that’s quite an incredible thing to expect another human to do for a child, for anyone to completely give yourself to that person, especially when Rita was so young.

From Los Angeles Times

It’s something I’ve tried to do for 48 years, and now it’s going to be a daily notebook.

From Los Angeles Times

That's what he's hiring these crackpots to do for him.

From Salon

“And he’s doing that because it is the norm, yes, but also the right thing to do for the American people.”

From Los Angeles Times