- 1finished; completed When you're done, perhaps I can say something. done with I'll be glad when this job is over and done with. be done with something If you're done with that magazine, can I have a look at it?
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- 2(of food) cooked enough The meat isn't quite done yet.
- 3socially acceptable, especially among people who have a strict set of social rules At school, it simply wasn't done to show interest in anything but sports. Idioms
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).
to be extremely tired synonym exhausted
to do something unpleasant as quickly as possible, so that it is finished Why not tell her you're quitting and be done with it?
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.”
an agreement or a plan that has been finally completed or agreed The merger is by no means a done deal yet.
used to say that something was, or will be, done immediately
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