Thoroughly beaten? Finished? Care for a meal? (4,4,1,6)

'thoroughly beaten?' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.

'finished? care for a meal?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'finished?' could be 'done' (similar in meaning) and 'done' is found in the answer.
'care' could be 'like' (synonyms) and 'like' is found in the answer.
'a' is present in the answer.
'meal?' could be 'dinner' (dinner is a kind of meal) and 'dinner' is found within the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

Can you help me to learn more?