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done the impossible

done the impossible is the past participle of do the impossible.

Meaning of do the impossible

Verb

do the impossible (third-person singular simple present does the impossible, present participle doing the impossible, simple past did the impossible, past participle done the impossible)

  1. To accomplish something in spite of overwhelming odds against it.
    • Reade's androgyne does the impossible by being not only the product of desire, but also the producer of desire.1998, Jennifer DeVere Brody, Impossible Purities, page 118

Questions about done the impossible

What is done the impossible the past participle of?
Done the impossible is the past participle of do the impossible.

Words near done the impossible in the dictionary

  1. done the Dutch
  2. done the handsome thing
  3. done the honor
  4. done the honors
  5. done the honour
  6. done the impossible
  7. done the job
  8. done the math
  9. done the nasties
  10. done the nasty
  11. done the needful

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