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done thing

NOUN

form

Synonyms

STRONGEST

behavior fashion law manner method mode practice process regulation rule style way

STRONG

canon ceremonial channels conduct convention custom decorum etiquette formality habit layout manners precept proceeding propriety protocol rite ritual ropes setup usage

WEAK

by the book by the numbers convenance

Antonyms

STRONGEST

lawlessness

STRONG

bad manners impropriety

WEAK

disarrangement disorganization shapelessness

Example Sentences

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"My kids have seen Mary Poppins once, they've seen Jungle Cruise once and that's a one and done thing for them."

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2024

"We learnt about it in the press. That's not the done thing," a senior French official said.

From Reuters • Oct. 26, 2022

Crick was a friend of Wilkins’s, and it wasn’t the done thing for labs to compete over the same molecule.

From Nature • Oct. 8, 2019

Back then, it definitely wasn't the done thing.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 21, 2017

Not the done thing, to shout that name with glee.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin