done in

Idioms  

1. Exhausted, very tired, as in After that hike I felt absolutely done in. [Colloquial; early 1900s] Also see done for, def. 1.

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Example Sentences

Archibald said there is a lot of “back-office stuff that we do that we just feel can be done in a much more efficient way.”

From The Wall Street Journal

“So it’s not like it’s done in darkness.”

From The Wall Street Journal

“There are things that we have done in Chicago because of how hard we were hit. We had to develop our own systems that make sense for our city,” Rodriguez said.

From Los Angeles Times

But how well have the hundreds of Fed Ph.D.s done in the last 20 years?

From The Wall Street Journal

I feel like I’m at a place where if I want to say something instead of not like I’ve done in the past, I’m going to speak my mind.

From Los Angeles Times