From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbe donebe done (also be the done thing British English)RIGHT/PROPER to be socially acceptable Showing affection in public just isn’t done in Japan. → done
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be done• Mom won't let me watch television till all my homework's done.• We'll send you a bill when the repairs are done.• His career was exceptional, but it shows what could be done.• There was no cleaning or tidying to be done.• Everything could be done by a nod and a wink.• How else can I manage the hundred and one things that need to be done each day, and write, too?• This was done from the year of diagnosis until 1 January 1990 or until death.• Showing affection in public just isn't done in Japan.• All is done in not much over an hour; and yet there is no sense of haste or excessive compression.• The birds are done when their juices run pink.be donebe doneTRICK/DECEIVE British English informal to be deceived or cheated If you paid £50, you were done, mate! → doneExamples from the Corpus
be done• His career was exceptional, but it shows what could be done.• There was no cleaning or tidying to be done.• Everything could be done by a nod and a wink.• How else can I manage the hundred and one things that need to be done each day, and write, too?• This was done from the year of diagnosis until 1 January 1990 or until death.• All is done in not much over an hour; and yet there is no sense of haste or excessive compression.• The birds are done when their juices run pink. 