‘____ there, done that’

verb

1. To equal in meaning have the same connotation as symbolize

   "January is the first month."

2. To have identity with to constitute the same idea or object as

   "The first person I met was my brother."

3. To constitute the same class as

   "These three books are the authoritative works on the president's life."

4. To have a specified qualification or characterization

   "The leaves are green."

5. To belong to the class of

   "The fish is a trout."

6. To have an objective existence have reality or actuality live

   "I think, therefore I am."

7. To have, maintain, or occupy a place, situation, or position

   "The book is on the table."

8. To remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted
9. To take place occur

   "The concert was last night."

10. To come or go

    "has already been and gone"

11. Belong, befall

    "… to thine and Albany's issue be this perpetual."

12. Used as an auxiliary see auxiliary with the past participle of transitive verbs to form the passive voice
13. Used as the auxiliary of the present participle in progressive tenses expressing continuous action
14. Used with the past participle of some intransitive verbs as an auxiliary forming archaic perfect tenses
15. Used with to + infinitive to express futurity, arrangement in advance, or obligation
16. Compare BEEN

noun

1. The verb form been used with spoken emphasis in African American English to indicate that something (such as an event or state) happened or existed in the remote past or that it began in the remote past and is still ongoing stressed bin

   "While the use of BEEN to mark the remoteness of an action like told (as in She BEEN told me that) stands out as distinct from Mainstream Standard English (MSE), the use of this feature to mark the extended duration of a state like married (as in She BEEN married) is camouflaged by its resemblance to more mainstream constructions like She('s) been married, where been is unstressed and lacks the high-pitch … characteristic of remote past BEEN …"

verb

1. To equal in meaning have the same connotation as symbolize

   "January is the first month."

2. To have identity with to constitute the same idea or object as

   "The first person I met was my brother."

3. To constitute the same class as

   "These three books are the authoritative works on the president's life."

4. To have a specified qualification or characterization

   "The leaves are green."

5. To belong to the class of

   "The fish is a trout."

6. To have an objective existence have reality or actuality live

   "I think, therefore I am."

7. To have, maintain, or occupy a place, situation, or position

   "The book is on the table."

8. To remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted
9. To take place occur

   "The concert was last night."

10. To come or go

    "has already been and gone"

11. Belong, befall

    "… to thine and Albany's issue be this perpetual."

12. Used as an auxiliary see auxiliary with the past participle of transitive verbs to form the passive voice
13. Used as the auxiliary of the present participle in progressive tenses expressing continuous action
14. Used with the past participle of some intransitive verbs as an auxiliary forming archaic perfect tenses
15. Used with to + infinitive to express futurity, arrangement in advance, or obligation
16. Compare BEEN

noun

1. One that has passed the peak of effectiveness or popularity

idiom

1. Used to say how someone would have done something if he or she and another person had been in each other's situations

idiom

1. In the absence of (something or someone) without

   "If it hadn't been for him, I wouldn't be where I am today."

idiom

1. Used to say that one has experienced the same thing that someone else has experienced

idiom

1. The thing someone has been praying for has taken place

   "We've been praying for her safe return, and (now she's back home and) our prayers have been answered."

idiom

1. Where were you? why weren't you here?

   "I've been waiting for you for half an hour. Where have you been?"

adjective

1. About

   "He has been up and around for two days."

2. Being in existence, evidence, or circulation

   "… the most intelligent of the artists around today."