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done for

adjective

  1. doomed
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adj

Etymology: Perhaps from a transposition of fordone (“destroyed, ruined”).

  1. 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.

  2. See done, for: Punished because of.

verb

Etymology: Perhaps from a transposition of fordone (“destroyed, ruined”).

  1. past participle of do for
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