be done with

idiom

: to bring to completion : to finish
When will you be done with the project?

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Dek is the weakest link in his warrior family, and the arrival of their father cements that fact; there is no sentimentality here as the elder predator orders Kwei to kill his brother and be done with him. Damon Wise, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2025 Switching brushes in Photoshop, inserting a new row in Excel, skipping slides in PowerPoint, or jumping between those applications can now be done with a single gesture. Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 4 Nov. 2025 Clean up can be done with a rake, leaf vacuum, leaf blower, or mulching lawn mower. Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 30 Oct. 2025 For better or for worse, the Halo franchise seems to be done with wacky campaign experiments and is returning to its roots. Alyssa Mercante, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for be done with

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“Be done with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/be%20done%20with. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.

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