done thing

English

Noun

done thing (plural done things)

  1. (with definite article) Something done habitually or according to social norms, expectations etc.
    • 1985, Susan Howatch, Wheel of Fortune:
      I wanted to be called Linda but Aunt Angela said that was a common name, you know, not the done thing, so I have to be Bella...
    • 2000, Vivek Chaudhary, The Guardian, 12 Aug 2000:
      "I was only 18 and was having back problems so I got regular cortisone injections. It was the done thing in those days, all the players were having them."
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