For that reason and many more, the breakup of the Big East might as well be over and done with as soon as possible.

WSJ: Georgetown in favor of quick Big East breakup

This was supposed to be the war that was over and done with -- the one that successfully toppled the Taliban and sent al Qaeda running across the border into Pakistan.

CNN: Kabul comes undone

Why not just turn the Hall of Fame vote over to North Korea and be done with it?

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With an inflation-rate target, any undershooting of the goal is treated as over and done with, but with a price-level target any undershooting must be made up for later by a period of overshooting, so the inflation rate aimed for can vary from year to year.

ECONOMIST: Japan has hitched a ride on China's boom

It can be done over time, and in stages, starting with her basic personal decisions and onto her financial and career decisions down the road.

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There is a lot more work to be done over the coming years, and we are getting on with it.

BBC: More cash to boost cardiac care

Over-and-done-with firms need to be pushed out of business before their dead hand can be pried from the stick.

FORBES: Microsoft Is Fast Turning Into A Sideshow

Similarly, long-term sky surveys and supernova searches can be done with a zenith-pointing telescope: over the course of a year, the telescope can observe an entire band of the sky.

ECONOMIST: Mirror, mirror

"We wouldn't be here today if we thought that it was dead and buried and the season was over and done with, " he told BBC Tees.

BBC: Darlington release Steve Foster and Lee Thorpe

Since taking over at TED, I've been trying to figure out what that means and what can be done with it.

CNN: With TED, amazing ideas spread at speed of sound -- and light