have done

verb

To reach an end.

“Your turn, I've done talking for now.”

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Meanings

verbhave done (third-person singular simple present has done, present participle having done, simple past and past participle had done)

present singular third person has done · participle present having done · participle past had done · past had done

  1. intransitiveTo reach an end.

    Your turn, I've done talking for now.

    1 more example

    1607, Antony Brewer (attributed), Lingua, or the Combat of the Five Senses for Superiority Nay, if you begin to critic once, we shall never have done.

phrase
  1. archaicimperativestop! cease! desist!

    But John cut the matter short by saying to him, "Have done; you are my servant, and I intend to take a trip with you." So he gave up, especially as the others told him that there was no remedy.

    1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth
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APA

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MLA

“have done.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/have%20done. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “have done,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/have%20done.

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