done down

past participle of do down, British

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Recent Examples of done down But he's got 76 strikeouts in 52 1/3 innings, and Guerrero was demonstrating the entire club's belief that the righty can get the job done down the stretch. Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
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Verb
  • Unlike in the Senate, where Democratic votes can be necessary to overcome the 60-vote filibuster threshold, Jeffries commands a minority caucus in a chamber where Republicans can pass most legislation with a simple majority.
    Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Lorne Balfe From overcoming dyslexia with early synths to navigating AI, remote recording, and spatial audio, the blockbuster composer reveals how technology shapes his scores.
    Benny Har-Even, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Within years, the iconoclastic comic was a weary and defeated man — broke, baggy-eyed, and prematurely old.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Alaves defeated 10-man Getafe 3-0 and Sevilla rallied to beat Rayo Vallecano 2-1.
    ABC News, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • China at that time had taken the likes of ceramics and lacquerware to the next level, but Europe was still ahead in its glass-making technologies, despite the Chinese making the material since the Western Zhou period more than 2,000 years earlier.
    Stephy Chung, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Humidity has taken another dip during the daylight hours Friday before climbing Friday evening into the beginning of the weekend.
    Steven Sosna, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • But the stronger signal is commercial—Jurin has grown almost entirely on inbound interest, having stopped cold outreach in late 2024.
    Jurin AI Contributor, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Daria said immigration officers stopped her mother before their flight and took her into custody, despite her asylum application still being under review.
    Itay Hod, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Hanke even survived a close call when Yugoslav strongman Slobodan Milosevic spread rumors the economist was a French spy and dispatched a hit squad to assassinate him.
    Shawn Tully, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Crews were dispatched early Thursday morning and closed one lane of eastbound traffic in the area for the repairs, Figueroa said.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • No inside linebacker got more work on Friday than Murdock, whose 47 snaps were 13 more than any other player who saw the field defensively for the Broncos.
    Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Wyatt Olds made his major league debut for Boston and got his first career strikeout.
    CBS News, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Move to the Spanish capital Real Madrid, though, was not to be beaten and saw off several complications to finalize a deal.
    Ben Church, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Arike Ogunbowale scored a season-high 32 points, Jessica Shepard added a career-best 26 and the Dallas Wings beat Indiana 91-85 on Thursday night, ending the Fever's five-game winning streak.
    CBS News, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • By contrast, when the Russians conquered Polatsk, in modern Belarus, in 1563, Ivan reportedly ordered the drowning of all Jews who refused to convert to Christianity.
    Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The Art of Loving conquered the rankings for a month, while Messy peaked in second place on both rundowns.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026

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“Done down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/done%20down. Accessed 23 Aug. 2026.

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