be done to death

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be done to death (informal)

if a particular style or subject is done to death, it is used or discussed so many times that it is not interesting any more The military look was done to death in last season's fashion shows.

See also: death, done

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Stapleton's first idea was that this young stranger from Canada might possibly be done to death in London without coming down to Devonshire at all. The Hound of the Baskervilles by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context But no decent, grown-up cat should be done to death -- unless he sucks eggs. Anne of The Island by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context More results

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