What it means
If you've been done over, you've been properly robbed, attacked, or otherwise left in a worse state by someone else's handiwork. It gets used for burglaries, muggings, beatings, and dodgy situations where you got badly stitched up or cleaned out. Very British, with a tabloid-crime whiff, but still alive in everyday moaning.
Usage examples
"Left the pub for ten minutes and came back to the car window smashed, stereo gone. Proper done over, and the insurer’s acting like it’s my fault."
"Two of the lads got done over outside the kebab shop on a Friday night and the bouncer reckoned he saw nothing at all."
"Cousin left his bike chained to a lamppost for half an hour and came back to find it properly done over, frame and all."
"Flat got done over while we were away for the weekend, telly gone, drawers turned inside out, absolute joke."
"He looked like he'd been done over behind the off-licence, lip split and phone missing."
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