have done with

verb

To finish; to give up or stop dealing with.

“Let’s have done with this silly argument.”

Meanings

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

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

  1. idiomatictransitiveTo finish; to give up or stop dealing with.

    Let’s have done with this silly argument.

    3 more examples

    He was happy to finally have done with his thesis.

    To cut a long story short, I’m willing to take on the job, provided you really want to have done with it.

    1904, Jerome K. Jerome, Tommy and Co

    Be satisfied that I will not have done with thee until I have taken away thy life, and sent thy soul squealing bodiless into the unknown.

    1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 21

    Synonyms: be done with

  2. idiomatictransitiveTo end relations with.

    "I am tired," said Miss Havisham. "I want diversion, and I have done with men and women. Play."

    1860 December – 1861 August, Charles Dickens, Great Expectations […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, […], published October 1861, →OCLC
    2 more examples

    You are an inveterately bad girl, and a false sister, and I have done with you. For ever, I have done with you!

    1864 May – 1865 November, Charles Dickens, Our Mutual Friend. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1865, →OCLC

    O All the gods save One, Lords of the Worlds, whose child is the eclipse, take back thy pestilence from Sidith, for ye have played the game of the gods too long with the people of Sidith, who would fain have done with the gods.

    1905, Lord Dunsany [i.e., Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany], The Gods of Pegāna, London: [Charles] Elkin Mathews, […], →OCLC, page 63

    Synonyms: be done with

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo finish; to give up or stop dealing with.

verbTo end relations with.

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