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done

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

done / dən/ • past participle of do¹. • v. inf. used as a nonstandard past tense of do¹: I done a lot of rodeoin'. ∎ inf. used with a standard past tense verb to indicate absoluteness or completion: I done told you to zipper your lips. • adj. 1. carried out, completed, or treated in a particular way: the path needed replacing and she wanted it done in asphalt. ∎ (of food) cooked thoroughly: the turkey will be done soon. ∎ no longer happening or existing: her hunting days were done. 2. inf. socially acceptable: therapy was not the done thing then. • interj. used to indicate that the speaker accepts the terms of an offer: “I'll give ten to one he misses by a mile!” called Reilly. “Done,” said the conductor. PHRASES: a done deal a plan or project that has been finalized. done for inf. in a situation so bad that it is impossible to get out: if he gets them, we'll all be done for. done in inf. extremely tired: you look done in. over and done with see over.

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done

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

done pp. of DO 1.

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done

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

done •begun, bun, done, Donne, dun, fine-spun, forerun, fun, gun, Gunn, hon, Hun, none, nun, one, one-to-one, outdone, outgun, outrun, pun, run, shun, son, spun, stun, sun, ton, tonne, tun, underdone, Verdun, won •honeybun • handgun • flashgun •air gun • sixgun • popgun • shotgun •blowgun, shogun •speargun • scattergun • homespun •endrun • sheep run • grandson •stepson • godson • kiloton • megaton •anyone • everyone • someone

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	Footnotes on a start-up's saga that is simply ... done: A dotcom turned... Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor; 2/25/2002
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