Meaning of have done with | Babel Free
Definitions
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To finish; to give up or stop dealing with. idiomatic, transitive
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To end relations with. idiomatic, transitive
Examples
“He was happy to finally have done with his thesis.”
“Let’s have done with this silly argument.”
“To cut a long story short, I’m willing to take on the job, provided you really want to have done with it.”
“Be satisfied that I will not have done with thee until I have taken away thy life, and sent thy soul squealing bodiless into the unknown.”
“"I am tired," said Miss Havisham. "I want diversion, and I have done with men and women. Play."”
“You are an inveterately bad girl, and a false sister, and I have done with you. For ever, I have done with you!”
“O All the gods save One, Lords of the Worlds, whose child is the eclipse, take back thy pestilence from Sidith, for ye have played the game of the gods too long with the people of Sidith, who would fain have done with the gods.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.