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To have done with

Do \Do\, v. i.

  1. To act or behave in any manner; to conduct one's self.

    They fear not the Lord, neither do they after . . . the law and commandment. -- 2 Kings xvii. 34.

  2. To fare; to be, as regards health; as, they asked him how he did; how do you do to-day?

  3. [Perh. a different word. OE. dugen, dowen, to avail, be of use, AS. dugan. See Doughty.] To succeed; to avail; to answer the purpose; to serve; as, if no better plan can be found, he will make this do. You would do well to prefer a bill against all kings and parliaments since the Conquest; and if that won't do; challenge the crown. -- Collier. To do by. See under By. To do for.

    1. To answer for; to serve as; to suit.

    2. To put an end to; to ruin; to baffle completely; as, a goblet is done for when it is broken. [Colloq.]

      Some folks are happy and easy in mind when their victim is stabbed and done for.
      --Thackeray.

      To do withal, to help or prevent it. [Obs.] ``I could not do withal.''
      --Shak.

      To do without, to get along without; to dispense with.

      To have done, to have made an end or conclusion; to have finished; to be quit; to desist.

      To have done with, to have completed; to be through with; to have no further concern with.

      Well to do, in easy circumstances.

Usage examples of "to have done with".

And she held out her hand impatiently for the wet book, to have done with the scene.

The damsel, whose grief on Martuccio's departure had known no bounds, now hearing that he was dead with the rest, wept a great while, and made up her mind to have done with life.

Seeing that they could not make them brave, the priests determined to have done with them.

His wife's death left Filippo as disconsolate as ever was any man for the loss of a loved one: and sorely missing the companionship that was most dear to him, he resolved to have done with the world, and devote himself and his little son to the service of God.

Now, to have done with all this mummer's talk, will you swear to me by our Saviour and on the welfare of your soul to break with Hugh de Cressi once and forever?