have done with

HAVE FINISHED WITH, be done with, be through with, want no more to do with; have given up, have turned one's back on, have washed one's hands of, have no more truck with.

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I. phrasal

: to bring to an end : have no further concern with : abandon, dismiss

he was soon to have done with calendared time, and it had already ceased to count for him — Willa Cather

let us have done with character assassination

II. phrasal

: to finish doing, using, dealing with, working on, or handling

when he had done with the pen he laid it down

will he never have done with his persistent speechmaking

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have done with

To finish with, end contact or dealings with

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have done with

old-fashioned : to stop doing (something) : to bring (something) to an end

Let us have done with name-calling.

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