done thing
noun1
UK Something done habitually or according to social norms, expectations, etc.
- I wanted to be called Linda but Aunt Angela said that was a common name, you know, not the done thing, so I have to be Bella...1985, Susan Howatch, Wheel of Fortune:
- "I was only 18 and was having back problems so I got regular cortisone injections. It was the done thing in those days, all the players were having them."2000 August 12, Vivek Chaudhary, The Guardian:
- Related terms
- do the decent thing