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you done it

Parf of speech: Phrase, OED Year: N/A, OED Evaluation: N/A

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ExampleMeaning
... any of the other power tools like sanding tools, you-know, the vibrators or the belt sanders or, ah- the old days you done it with a block and a piece of sandpaper and by hand. Same with polishing it.
"you did it"
ExampleMeaning
... no (inc) pension. There wasn't anything at all. It-- you had-- if you- you had to do whatever you could. Anyway, and you-know, and you- I always worked for anything and when you had the truck up there and anybody wanted something drawed, for a little extra money, you done it. It didn't matter about what time it was when you got home.
"you did it"
Speaker: ... it goes about five miles east of Mount-Albert. I don't know how big it would be- they- but I figured they- about fifteen or eighteen, twenty mile across, you-know. Interviewer: Mm-hm. Speaker: Now, we done every road. And every road is a mile and a quarter, you-see, townships. You done it that way, and that way, and this way, and back. You went right around you-see, this mile and a quarter, that'd be ah five mile.
"you did it"
ExampleMeaning
And a lot of times they won. Well yo-- ah- Mrs.-Thomson was an excellent teacher and so you had- she made sure that you done it right. But it pays off.
"you did it"