done thing
Example Sentences
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"Going against the grain isn't always the done thing in the music industry, but she had something to say and she said it. And I'm so glad that they've taken heed."
From BBC • Nov. 23, 2023
"We learnt about it in the press. That's not the done thing," a senior French official said.
From Reuters • Oct. 26, 2022
Crick was a friend of Wilkins’s, and it wasn’t the done thing for labs to compete over the same molecule.
From Nature • Oct. 8, 2019
Back then, it definitely wasn't the done thing.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 21, 2017
Not the done thing, to shout that name with glee.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
