done for

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Adjective done for has 2 senses

done for, kaput, gone - destroyed or killed; "we are gone geese"
Antonym: preserved (indirect, via destroyed)
done for, ruined, sunk, undone, washed-up - doomed to extinction
Antonym: successful (indirect, via unsuccessful)

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Term: done for

Part of Speech: Phrasal verb

Sense 1: To be completely ruined or destroyed

Sample Sentence: After the stock market crash, their business was done for.

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Sense 2: To be defeated or overwhelmed

Sample Sentence: The team was done for when they lost their star player.

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Part of Speech: Prepositional phrase

Sense 1: To act on behalf of someone else

Sample Sentence: Tom asked his friend to pick up his dry cleaning, so it's done for him.

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Sense 2: To finish or complete a task

Sample Sentence: I need to get this report done for the meeting tomorrow.

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