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English
Verb
done up
- past participle of do up
Adjective
done up (comparative more done up, superlative most done up)
- (colloquial, obsolete) Worn-out, exhausted.
- Synonyms: tired, used up; see also Thesaurus:depleted, Thesaurus:fatigued
1915, W.S. Maugham, Of Human Bondage:"You'd better lie down for a bit. I expect you're about done up." -- "There's nowhere for me to lie down, sir," he answered, and there was in his voice a humbleness which was very distressing. -- "Don't you know anyone in the house who'll give you a shakedown? -- "No, sir."
1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 65:"By ginger, I'm glad you came along, Mudgy; I give you my word I couldn't have walked another half-mile. I'm done up, absolutely."
- (colloquial, obsolete, US) Ruined by excess, especially gambling.
- Near-synonyms: effete, dissipated
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