done for

Idioms  

1. Exhausted, worn out, as in This old computer is just about done for . [ Colloquial ; c. 1800] Also see done in .

2. Doomed to death or destruction, as in Before he went to the hospital it seemed as if he was done for . [ Colloquial ; mid-1800s]

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Example Sentences

It was mere instinct that prompted me to do this--which was undoubtedly the very best thing I could have done--for I was too much flurried to think.

From Elson Grammar School Literature v4 by Elson, William H.

Fabianism began to achieve a reputation for getting things done--for taking part in "practical affairs."

From A Preface to Politics by Lippmann, Walter

If, now, he were to find her out--what she had done--for his sake, what would he think of her then?

From A Woman Perfected by Marsh, Richard