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Also Inflected form of do

done

UK/dʌn/ US/dʌn/ very common slang

adjective

1.

having finished or arrived at completion

  • “certain to make history before he”
  • “;”
  • “s a done deed”
  • “after the treatment, the patient is through except for follow-up”
  • “almost through with his studies”
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2.

cooked until ready to serve

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Origin

From Middle English don, idon, ydon, ȝedon, gedon, from Old English dōn, ġedōn, from Proto-West Germanic *dān, from Proto-Germanic *dēnaz (past participle of *dōną (“to do”)).

Phrases

  • a woman's work is never done
  • after all is said and done
  • and be done with it
  • and have done with it
  • be done for
  • be done with
  • be done with it
  • consider it done

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