I.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a done deal informal (= something that has been completely agreed )
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The takeover has been described as a done deal.
as good as done/finished etc
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The summer’s as good as over.
done an honest day’s work
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I bet he’s never done an honest day’s work in his life!
done...revision
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I know I haven’t done enough revision for tomorrow’s exam.
have your hair cut/done/permed ( also get your hair cut etc ) (= by a hairdresser )
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I need to get my hair cut.
no harm done spoken (= used to tell someone not to worry about something they have done )
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‘I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to push you.’ ‘Don’t worry, no harm done.’
over (and done) with (= used about something unpleasant )
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I’m so glad the mid-term exams are over and done with.
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You’d better give them the bad news. Do it now – get it over with.
the groundwork has...been done
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Much of the groundwork has already been done .
the spadework...done
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Most of the spadework had been done by 1981.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be/feel hard done by
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Having played in the previous winning Eisenhower Trophy team with distinction I think he can feel hard done by.
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The idea of a passenger going without pudding and then leaving the aircraft feeling hard done by troubles them.
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Thomas felt hard done by, contested the will and lost.
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To any readers who feel hard done by or annoyed please accept my sincere apologies.
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You've every right to feel hard done by, so don't start thinking that you're being selfish.
been there, seen that, done that
consider it done
done to a turn
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Then the interviewer asked what needed to be done to turn things around.
easier said than done
had sb done sth
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Had we known they were going to build a road right there, we would never have bought the house.
have done with sth
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I wonder what Grandmother would have done with such a husband?
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If they had , what would they have done with the bird's skull?
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She felt for Karen, but she had no idea what she would have done with her on the roster next year.
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This was something they could not have done with any other embassy.
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What Leapor would have done with the money can be surmised.
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What would they have done with all the money we drop every night at Convito Italiano?
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Why don't we just call it New Mancunian Express and have done with it?
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Why don't we just give Napoleon the keys to Berlin and have done with it?
have gone and done sth
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Kay's gone and lost the car keys!
have sth ready/done/finished etc
job done
justice has been done/served
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He can continue to appeal, or go to some other level, until he feels justice has been done.
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He has successfully persuaded the crowd that justice has been done.
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Mr Townsend says he feels justice has been done.
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Mrs Alliss' solicitor says justice has been done.
look what you've done!
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Now look what you've done! You'll have to clean it up.
no sooner said than done
the damage is done
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Ed apologized a week later, but the damage was already done.
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Crew scurries to cover the lanes and approaches, but the damage is done.
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For the most part, the damage is done by soluble aluminium released from soil by acid water.
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It is when guilt lingers into adulthood that the damage is done.
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The concert is still reverberating in our ears and the damage is done.
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The symptoms are often obvious, identifiable, and even treatable before the damage is done.
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Well, the damage is done now.
the done thing
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For the great majority, the industrial co-operative is just not the done thing .
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I suppose it was not the done thing for a book of Rambles.
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It being, of course, not the done thing to drop your trousers in public.
well done!/well played!
what has sb done with sth?
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So what has Renault done with the latest version of its supermini?
when all's said and done
II. adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I think the hamburgers are done .
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The job's almost done .
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Well, I'm done . I'm going home.