do a job on

idiom

US, informal

: to damage (something or someone) badly

The collision really did a job on their car.

Moving all that furniture did a job on my back.

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Mostly, the goats are rented to private landowners, but occasionally the goats are hired to do a job on public land, like in Madison. —Laura Schulte, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 June 2020