over and done with

Idioms  

1. Completed, finished, as in That argument's over and done with, so drop the subject. This usage is somewhat redundant but more emphatic than over with. [First half of the 1900s]

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Example Sentences

She says she was "terrified" of going on trial, but also felt the process had gone on so long, that she just wanted it "over and done with".

From BBC • May 27, 2025

And the eventual takeaway message for one and all after the voting is over and done with?

From Washington Times • Jan. 3, 2023

“I’m afraid it’s best to get the pain over and done with now, and get inflation under control quickly,” he said.

From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2022

Sales have absolutely slumped since their peak, though like with seemingly everything in crypto there’s always somebody declaring it over and done with right before a big spike.

From The Verge • Jun. 6, 2022

He doesn’t know that finished means over and done with.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood