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have done

have done verb: to reach an end.

Verb

have done (third-person singular simple present has done, present participle having done, simple past and past participle had done)

  1. (intransitive) To reach an end.
    • Your turn, I've done talking for now.
    • Nay, if you begin to critic once, we shall never have done.1607, Antony Brewer (attributed), Lingua, or the Combat of the Five Senses for Superiority

Phrase

have done

  1. (archaic, imperative) stop! cease! desist!
    • But John cut the matter short by saying to him, "Have done; you are my servant, and I intend to take a trip with you." So he gave up, especially as the others told him that there was no remedy.1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth

Forms of have done

third-person singular presenthas done
present participlehaving done
past participlehad done
pasthad done

Words formed from have done

Questions about have done

What does have done mean?
Have done means to reach an end.
What part of speech is have done?
Have done can be a verb or a phrase.
What is the past tense of have done?
The past tense of have done is had done.

Words near have done in the dictionary

  1. have been in the wars
  2. have been to an Irish wedding
  3. have blood on one's hands
  4. have butterflies in one's stomach
  5. have designs on
  6. have done
  7. have done with
  8. have down
  9. have down as
  10. have down to a science
  11. have drink taken

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