- finished; completed
- When you're done, perhaps I can say something.
- done with I'll be glad when this job is over and done with.
- (of food) cooked enough
- The meat isn't quite done yet.
- socially acceptable, especially among people who have a strict set of social rules
- At school, it simply wasn't done to show that you were upset.
Idioms
See done in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarybe done for
- (informal) to be in a very bad situation; to be certain to fail
- Unless we start making some sales, we're done for.
- When he pointed the gun at me, I thought I was done for (= about to die).
be/get done for something/for doing something
- (British English, informal) to be caught and punished for doing something illegal but not too serious
- I got done for speeding on my way back.
be done in
- (informal) to be extremely tired synonym exhausted
be the done thing
- (British English) to be socially acceptable behaviour
be/have done with something
- to have finished dealing with somebody, or doing or using something
- If you've done with that magazine, can I have a look at it?
be easier said than done
- (saying) to be much more difficult to do than to talk about
- ‘Why don't you get yourself a job?’ ‘That's easier said than done.’
be/feel hard done by
- (informal) to be or feel unfairly treated
- She has every right to feel hard done by—her parents have given her nothing.
done and dusted
- (British English, informal) completely finished
- That's my article for the magazine done and dusted.
More Like This Alliteration in idiomsAlliteration in idioms- belt and braces
- black and blue
- born and bred
- chalk and cheese
- chop and change
- done and dusted
- down and dirty
- in dribs and drabs
- eat somebody out of house and home
- facts and figures
- fast and furious
- first and foremost
- forgive and forget
- hale and hearty
- hem and haw
- kith and kin
- mix and match
- part and parcel
- puff and pant
- to rack and ruin
- rant and rave
- risk life and limb
- short and sweet
- signed and sealed
- spick and span
- through thick and thin
- this and that
- top and tail
- tried and tested
- wax and wane
a done deal
- an agreement or a plan that has been finally completed or agreed
- The merger is by no means a done deal yet.
have done with it
- (British English) to do something unpleasant as quickly as possible, so that it is finished
- Why not tell her you're quitting and have done with it?
no sooner said than done
- used to say that something was, or will be, done immediately
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