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the damage is done

the damage is done phrase: the harm has occurred, and nothing can be done to prevent it now; it might have been preventable, but cannot be prevented retroactively.

Phrase

the damage is done

  1. The harm has occurred, and nothing can be done to prevent it now; it might have been preventable, but cannot be prevented retroactively.
    • By the time Jack can get there it will be too late. The damage will have been done.

Questions about the damage is done

What does the damage is done mean?
The damage is done means the harm has occurred, and nothing can be done to prevent it now; it might have been preventable, but cannot be prevented retroactively.
What part of speech is the damage is done?
The damage is done is a phrase.

Words near the damage is done in the dictionary

  1. the curtain comes down
  2. the curtain falls
  3. the curtains match the drapes
  4. the customer is always right
  5. The Dalles
  6. the damage is done
  7. the darker the berry, the sweeter the juice
  8. the darkest hour is always just before the dawn
  9. the darkest hour is just before the dawn
  10. the darkest place is under the candlestick
  11. the day

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