over and done with

Idioms  

1. Completed, finished, as in That argument's over and done with, so drop the subject. This usage is somewhat redundant but more emphatic than over with. [First half of the 1900s]

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over and done with

However, much of that pressure is expected to be over and done with, Raymond James analysts said in a note on Friday.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026

The county has steadfastly avoided taking a position on the district attorney’s freeze request, determined not to blow up a settlement that officials want over and done with.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026

"I'm just at the stage now where I want to get it over and done with," she told the BBC.

From BBC ● May 14, 2023

Just because an individual may be arrested from a situation of domestic violence, or that the court had adjudicated that case, it doesn’t mean that the healing process is over and done with.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 3, 2023

When one cousin caught the measles or mumps, we were all quarantined together so as to get that childhood illness over and done with.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

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