as good as done
Finished in every practical or functional sense; almost completely done. This project is as good as done, so I'm going home for the night. The turkey is as good as done, so please start setting the table. A: "What do you mean, 'we're as good as done'? We still have this whole other box of paperwork to go through!" B: "Aw man, I didn't see that!"
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*good as done
the same as being done; almost done. (*Also: as ∼. Many different words can replace done in this phrase, according to context: cooked, dead, finished, painted, typed, etc.) This job is as good as done. It'll just take another second. Yes, sir, if you hire me to paint your house, it's as good as painted. When I hand my secretary a package to be shipped, I know that it's as good as delivered right then and there.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.