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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done in

She has helped a lot, but things weren’t done in a timely way — that is, not anticipating his needs before he went on Medicare.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026

“And certainly outside the bounds of what the U.S. Arctic Research Commission has done in the past.”

From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2026

"Ideally this should be done in every volcano on the planet," he said.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026

There's scepticism that both can be done in tandem.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

She tried to think of what her friend would have done in a situation like this, but she and Jabir weren’t alike.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray