have done

Idioms

Stop or cease, as in Have done—enough of this nonsense. This idiom is also put as have done with, as in This arrangement won't work; let's find a new one and have done with it. The past participle done has been used in the sense of “finished” since about 1300. Also see have to do with.

Example Sentences

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What might the city have done to lure investment?

From The Wall Street Journal

Chip maker’s post-earnings drop caps a season in which better-than-expected results have done little to lift indexes.

From The Wall Street Journal

"We know that people are living longer as health conditions are being better managed. As a medical community, we have done a great job decreasing deaths from big cardiovascular events like heart attacks and strokes, but these data suggest that we need to really refocus our efforts on health, wellness and prevention," Joynt Maddox said.

From Science Daily

Since then my bones have done their job without a hitch.

From The Wall Street Journal

Then you just have to do what taverngoers have done for the last 250 years: Show up and order a drink—then do it again and again until everyone there knows your name.

From The Wall Street Journal

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