Done for
adj, verb
adj, verb ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 past participle of do for form-of, participle, past
Adjective
- 1 Doomed; without hope of recovery. not-comparable
"He's done for when they hear that piece of testimony."
- 2 See done, for: Punished because of. not-comparable
Adjective
- 1 destroyed or killed wordnet
- 2 doomed to extinction wordnet
Example
More examples"He's done for when they hear that piece of testimony."
Etymology
Perhaps from a transposition of fordone (“destroyed, ruined”).