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Socially unacceptable, improper, as in Bringing along two friends without asking, that's not done. [First half of 1900s]

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But the other thing that needs to be done is for us citizens to do.
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Newspapers around Europe have also done so in solidarity with the slain.
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Neither the Republican nor the Democratic party have done anything to consistently target Asian- American voters.
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He made clear that he fully appreciated what the cops had done.
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Because I was going more on about how things had already been done.
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You need but will, and it is done; but if you relax your efforts, you will be ruined; for ruin and recovery are both from within.
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Done, says he, why let fifty of our men advance, and flank them on each wing.
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By the time I had done my toilette there was a tap at the door, and in another minute I was in the salle--manger.
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And is this a mere fantastic talk, or is this a thing that could be done and that ought to be done?
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If it took years to do it, you shall never stir out of this house till it is done.
Checkmate|Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu