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What's done is done, had me way too much fun, now I'm runnin 'from a man with a gun, looking back over my shoulder, but I won't get much older

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  1. verb Past participle of do1.
  2. adjective Having been carried out or accomplished; finished: a done deed.
  3. adjective Cooked adequately.

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  • What's done is done, had me way too much fun, now I'm runnin 'from a man with a gun, looking back over my shoulder, but I won't get much older —  What's Done Is Done
  • What's done is done, had me way to much fun, ohhh, runnin 'from a man with a gun, looking back over my shoulder, but I won't get much older —  What's Done Is Done
  • What's done is done, oh what's done is done hey, ya, done is done, ohh what's done is done —  What's Done Is Done
  • "What [the Bush] administration has done -- and I support the war in Iraq -- what they have done is heartbreaking, because they have steadily removed the greatest source of their power, which was the rule of the law. —  Tangled Up in Blue: James Wolcott
  • Oh what's done is done, baby —  B.B. King Lyrics
 

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  1. The perfect participle of do, v.: see do. Only special uses of done are noted here.

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/ (dŭn)/
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