Meaning of do to death | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Of a trope, joke, topic, idea, etc, to use so often that it becomes trite.
2. To put to death.
   obsolete

Examples

“It's hard to find novel screenplays. All the usual stories have been done to death.”

“If you're interested in the process we're using for redecking the ship, we've absolutely done that to death. There's links to several different videos in the description below.”

“So will I not […] Behold ſo many of my country men, All done to death and ſtrangled in one day, […]”

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