have done

Idioms  

1. Stop or cease, as in Have done—enough of this nonsense. This idiom is also put as have done with, as in This arrangement won't work; let's find a new one and have done with it. The past participle done has been used in the sense of “finished” since about 1300. Also see have to do with.

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Example Sentences

It’s because, compared with institutions, retail investors are credulous, vulnerable to hype, and given to hanging on to a stock long after institutions have done the math on an underperforming investment and exited.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2026

Attending university can help students from poorer backgrounds earn more than their parents might have done, according to 2021 research by education charity the Sutton Trust in England.

From BBC • Jun. 15, 2026

I wouldn’t have done this for 15 years if I didn’t think that.

From Salon • Jun. 15, 2026

Instead of traveling to tropical habitats to record wild parrots, as researchers have done in previous studies, Lauryn Benedict, a biology professor at the University of Northern Colorado, took a different approach.

From Science Daily • Jun. 14, 2026

I’d have done anything to get that sound out of my ears.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney