done for
in a situation so bad that it is impossible to get out of it – informal
1993 - Catholic Herald - Don't you realise that without that contract we're done for?
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a done deal
a plan or project that has been finalized or accomplished
1991 - New Yorker - The French are still overreacting to German unification, even though it is a done deal.
done in
extremely tired – informal
1999 - Chris Dolan - Ascension Day - Morag was too upset and Paris was too done in to try and work out what was happening.
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