done for
Past all hope
Done for means ruined, defeated, or beyond saving.
Someone who is done for faces inevitable failure, death, or destruction: When the engine caught fire, we knew we were done for.
It can describe physical exhaustion or terminal decline: After hiking twenty miles, I was completely done for.
The phrase implies a situation past the point of rescue.
- kaputSlang for ruined
- finishedBrought to an end
- gonerOne beyond saving
- spentExhausted or disbursed
- out of gasLacking fuel to continue
ruined · beyond repair · drained · imperilled · toast · curtains · lights out · washed up · exhausted · sunk · dead in the water · down the drain · cooked · past saving · game over · six feet under · endangered · fatigued
- death idiomsdead end, dead serious, dead wrong, dead tired, dead weight
- financial ruinbankrupt, bankruptcy, bust, busted, broke
- giving upgive up, giving up, quit, quitting, surrender
- outdatedobsolete, outdated, out of date, dated, outmoded
- ruinedruined, destroyed, wrecked, demolished, obliterated
- incapacitatedunconscious, knocked out, out cold, passed out, comatose
done forthriving
Succeeding vigorously
flourishing · in fine fettle · healthy · intact · hale and hearty
done forhopeful
Feeling positive expectation
promising · looking up · on the mend · on the up · turning around