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what's done is done

 
Idioms: what's done is done

There is no changing something; it's finished or final. For example, I forgot to include my dividend income in my tax return but what's done is done--I've already mailed the form. This expression uses done in the sense of "ended" or "settled," a usage dating from the first half of the 1400s.


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Idioms. The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more