get done for (something)
get done for (something)
To be apprehended for a crime or other wrongdoing. Primarily heard in UK. I know you want your stuff back, but you'll get done for if someone catches you breaking into his apartment!
See also: done, get
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
be/get ˈdone for something/for doing something
(British English, informal) be caught and punished for doing something illegal but not too serious: I got done for speeding on my way back home.See also: done, get, something
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
- caught bang to rights
- blow the whistle (on) (someone), to
- scarper
- silence
- blue code of silence
- blue wall of silence
- code
- penalize
- penalize (someone or something) for (something)
- penalize for