do the job
English
Verb
do the job (third-person singular simple present does the job, present participle doing the job, simple past did the job, past participle done the job)
- Synonym of do the trick
- 2022 September 7, Philip Haigh, “Comment: More strikes and poor morale”, in RAIL, number 965, page 3:
- And I don't think the union needs to exaggerate - inflation will do the job for it.
See also
Further reading
- “do the job”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “do the job” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
- “do the job”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
- “do the job” (US) / “do the job” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
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