Sentence examples for the done thing from inspiring English sources

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The phrase "the done thing" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It typically refers to something that is considered socially acceptable or expected within a certain group or situation. Example: In high society, it was the done thing to attend formal events wearing designer gowns and expensive jewelry.

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Not the done thing.

It's just not the done thing".

It was the done thing.

Is that the done thing?

It just wasn't the done thing.

Illness is somehow not the done thing.

It was not the done thing at all".

It's not the done thing," she is heard saying.

To drink and drive is now not the done thing.

Apparently confusing dinner and supper was not the done thing either.

"I retired young,  but it's the done thing in that industry".

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