do a number on meaning

• (slang)
  1. To defeat utterly
  2. To cheat or take advantage of
• 
  [American idiom]
  to damage or harm someone or something. (Slang.)
  • The teacher did a number on the whole class. That test was terrible.
  • Tom did a number on Mary when he went out with Ann.
  

• A dirty floppy drive can do a number on a disk.
• Black bears do a number on trees by scratching bark.
• I feel like I could do a number on him.
• I will do a number on him when we fight,
• So the 2000 season didn't do a number on his psyche?
• We think we can do a number on Bowe any time we fight him.
• I will do a number on him,
• It was not the only one which could do a number on your tear ducts.
• If anyone's going to do a number on Sarasota, it should be me.
• Learning a new system has been known to do a number on a quarterback's psyche.

• "do a number on" meaning in Chinese: [网络] 占……的便宜；伤害；造成伤害
• "do a number on" meaning in Japanese: ～をだます、～の面目｛めんもく｝を失わせる、～について議論｛ぎろん｝するThat fellow is trying ...