Meanings
noundone thing (plural done things)
plural done things
- UKSomething done habitually or according to social norms, expectations, etc.
I wanted to be called Linda but Aunt Angela said that was a common name, you know, not the done thing, so I have to be Bella...
1985, Susan Howatch, Wheel of Fortune1 more example
"I was only 18 and was having back problems so I got regular cortisone injections. It was the done thing in those days, all the players were having them."
2000 August 12, Vivek Chaudhary, The Guardian
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done thing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/done%20thing
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“done thing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/done%20thing. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “done thing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/done%20thing.
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