done for
1 : irretrievably lost or mortally stricken
: DOOMED <when we saw the explosion we thought he was
done for>
2 : left with no effective power and no capacity or opportunity for recovery
: DOWN-AND-OUT <defeat in this election would mean he was
done for, his career at an end>
3 : sunk in defeat
: WASHED-UP, BEATEN <you know, it may come out any day, and then we're
done for -- George Meredith> <if this country ever runs out of people who don't like to be pushed around, we are
done for -- Elmer Davis>
4 : relegated to the discard <the impression that the old, great, simple books are declassed, passé, dated, outmoded,
done for -- J.C.Powys>
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