done like a dinner

adj

Etymology

In reference to a dinner being "done," that is, finished cooking and ready to be eaten.

Definitions

  1. Totally defeated

    Totally defeated; completely finished or gone.

    • Already he heard a smothered roar— "They're done like a dinner!" quoth Featherstonhaugh.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for done like a dinner. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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