"done and dusted" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: en-au-done and dusted.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: 1953, UK, with "dusted" alliterative and expressing "finishing touches". Compare home and hosed. Etymology templates: {{m|en|home and hosed}} home and hosed Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} done and dusted (not comparable)
  1. (British, idiomatic, of a task) Completed thoroughly and satisfactorily. Tags: British, idiomatic, not-comparable Translations (an idiomatic expression - completed thoroughly): kua kēhi (Maori), jest pozamiatane (Polish)

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