done and done

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʌn ˈænd ˈdʌn/

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Adjective

done and done (not comparable)

1. Agreed upon, mutually accepted.
   • 1800, Maria Edgeworth, Castle Rackrent:

     “‘Done,’ says my master; ‘I’ll lay you a hundred golden guineas to a tester you don’t.’ ‘Done,’ says the gauger; and done and done’s enough between two gentlemen.”

   • 1859, William Makepeace Thackeray, The Virginians:

     “I’ll take your bet — there. And so Done and Done.”

   • 1848, James Fenimore Cooper, The Crater:

     “Done and done between gentlemen, is enough, sir.”

2. Done thoroughly and satisfactorily.
   • 1985, Robert Elman, Seasons of the hunter: an anthology, page 133:

     Done and done, he said to himself. And he felt pretty good. The anger and hurt that only a few hours before had been sharp and deep had dulled.

   • 2001, Bob Dalton, “WinACE client offer”, in rec.games.empire (Usenet):

     > Bob, you've done good work setting up and maintaining your site, and if you
     > want to setup^[sic] a WinACE page as a service to the empire community, I have no
     > objection. Feel free to link simons@iglou.com as the email address for
     
     Done and done! It will be up in a few days and it will have it's^[sic] own separate section with screen shots, etc. If you don't like what you see just let me know privately via my email address and I'll fix it.

   • 2007, CLM in ND, “OT: It's over! Done and done!”, in alt.vacation.las-vegas (Usenet):