Meaning of done for | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Doomed; without hope of recovery.
   not-comparable
2. See done, for: Punished because of.
   not-comparable

Equivalents

Examples

“He's done for when they hear that piece of testimony.”

“I'd like to know what would become of us in the next ten minutes. They've got us in a vise. We're done for, Gall.”

“I think of Spengler and of his terrible pronunciamentos, and I wonder if style, style in the grand manner, is done for.”

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