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verb

past participle of do¹.

Nonstandard. a simple past tense of do¹.

auxiliary verb

South Midland and Southern U.S. Nonstandard. (used with a principal verb in the past or, sometimes, present tense to indicate completed action): I done told you so. He done eat his lunch.

adjective

completed; finished; through: Our work is done.

cooked sufficiently.

worn out; exhausted; used up.

in conformity with fashion, good taste, or propriety; acceptable: It isn't done.

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Idioms

be/have done with, to break off relations or connections with; stop.

done for, Informal.

tired; exhausted.

deprived of one's means, position, etc.

dead or close to death.

10.

done in, Informal. very tired; exhausted: He was really done in after a close race.

Related forms

half-done, adjective

Usage note
4. In the adjectival sense “completed, finished, through,” done dates from the 14th century and is entirely standard: Is your portrait done yet?

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World English Dictionary

done (dʌn)

—vb
1.	the past participle of do
2.	be done with, have done with to end relations with
3.	have done to be completely finished: have you done?
4.	that's done it
	a. an exclamation of frustration when something is ruined
	b. an exclamation when something is completed

—*interj*
5.	an expression of agreement, as on the settlement of a bargain between two parties

—*adj*
6.	completed; finished
7.	cooked enough: done to a turn
8.	used up: they had to surrender when the ammunition was done
9.	socially proper or acceptable: that isn't done in higher circles
10.	informal cheated; tricked
11.	informal done for
	a. dead or almost dead
	b. in serious difficulty
12.	informal done in, done up physically exhausted

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Word Origin & History

done

Past participle of do.

Slang Dictionary

do definition

n.
a party; a social event. : I'm having a do for a friend this weekend. Would you like to come?
tv. & in.
to use a drug or drugs in general. (See also do a line; do drugs.) : Taylor never stopped doing. She just switched from dust to splash.
n.
and doo. a hairdo. : I can't go out in this rain and get my doo wet!
Go to (must) do. :
in.
to serve (a purpose) well. (Usually with will or won't.) : This will do quite nicely.
Go to doo-doo. :
tv.
to copulate [with] someone. (Usually objectionable.) : He did Martha, then he did Sue, then he did Gloria.

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do (so) definition

tv.
to make someone tired. : That tennis game really did me in.
tv.
to cheat someone; to take (so) in. : The scam artists did the widow in by talking her into giving them all the money in her bank account.
tv.
to kill someone. : The crooks did the bank guard in.

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