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well done (comparative more well done, superlative most well done)

1. (idiomatic) Performed well.

   It was a job well done.

   • 2020 May 6, Graeme Pickering, “Borders Railway: time for the next step”, in Rail, page 52:

     "We've never looked on the Borders Railway as it stands as a job well done. It's part one of a job well done."

   • 2023 March 26, Phil McNulty, “England 2-0 Ukraine”, in BBC Sport‎:

     They survived a poor second half in Italy and a drab first half-hour here but the end results certainly count as a job well done.

2. (cooking) Well-cooked.
   1. (specifically, of meat) Cooked through to the center.

      She liked her steaks well done.

• (of cooked meat): medium well, medium, pink, medium rare, rare, bloody, raw, underdone

well done

1. An exclamation of praise or endorsement of an achievement.

   Well done, John. Here's a biscuit for you.

• (exclamation of praise): bravo, encore, see also Thesaurus:well done.

• done well