done for
adjective
- doomed
Wiktionary
adj
Etymology: Perhaps from a transposition of fordone (“destroyed, ruined”).
- Doomed; without hope of recovery.
“He's done for when they hear that piece of testimony.”
“I'd like to know what would become of us in the next ten minutes. They've got us in a vise. We're done for, Gall.”
- See done, for: Punished because of.
verb
Etymology: Perhaps from a transposition of fordone (“destroyed, ruined”).
- past participle of do for