have done with

English

Verb

have done with

  1. (transitive) To finish; to give up or stop working on.
    He was happy to finally have done with his thesis.
    • (Can we date this quote?) Jerome K. Jerome
      To cut a long story short, I'm willing to take on the job, provided you really want to have done with it.
  2. (transitive) To end relations with.
    • 1861 Charles Dickens, Great Expectations
      "I am tired," said Miss Havisham. "I want diversion, and I have done with men and women. Play."
    • 1865 Charles Dickens, Our Mutual Friend
      You are an inveterately bad girl, and a false sister, and I have done with you. For ever, I have done with you!

Synonyms

  • (finish): be done with
  • (end relations with): be done with

See also

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