do the job
idiom
informal
: to achieve a desired result
The new system isn't working yet, but a few more adjustments ought to do the job.
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No question, stone tools couldn’t have become a keystone of human technology and subsistence without hands that could do the job, along with a nervous system that could regulate and coordinate the necessary signals.
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Sabrina Sholts, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Mar. 2024
But that would leave two more months in that term to do the job, meaning there is a special election for someone to serve the remainder of Feinstein’s term.
—Rachel Barber, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2024
Desperate to escape the Middle East, Washington saw this as an opportunity: there would be less need for U.S. troops to contain Iran and its proxies if Israel and Gulf states could do the job themselves.
—Gregg Carlstrom, Foreign Affairs, 6 Mar. 2024
Yet, the medical exam conducted at the Combine marked Hurst as unable to do the job, costing him millions of dollars on his rookie contract.
—Chris Deubert, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
If politicians are unwilling to take on CEQA reform — which would draw opposition from environmental groups, and labor unions which invoke the law to demand agreements with developers — California’s courts may do the job.
—Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2024
The Board of Supervisors needs to demand reform and appoint new directors who do the job of protecting children and not themselves.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2024
Fewer, punchy statements might do the job just fine.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
However, the woman was able to do the job before having her baby, according to the EEOC, which says firing her was in violation of two federal laws: Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Americans with Disabilities Act.
—Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 23 Feb. 2024
Sabrina Sholts, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Mar. 2024
But that would leave two more months in that term to do the job, meaning there is a special election for someone to serve the remainder of Feinstein’s term.
—Rachel Barber, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2024
Desperate to escape the Middle East, Washington saw this as an opportunity: there would be less need for U.S. troops to contain Iran and its proxies if Israel and Gulf states could do the job themselves.
—Gregg Carlstrom, Foreign Affairs, 6 Mar. 2024
Yet, the medical exam conducted at the Combine marked Hurst as unable to do the job, costing him millions of dollars on his rookie contract.
—Chris Deubert, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
If politicians are unwilling to take on CEQA reform — which would draw opposition from environmental groups, and labor unions which invoke the law to demand agreements with developers — California’s courts may do the job.
—Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2024
The Board of Supervisors needs to demand reform and appoint new directors who do the job of protecting children and not themselves.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2024
Fewer, punchy statements might do the job just fine.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
However, the woman was able to do the job before having her baby, according to the EEOC, which says firing her was in violation of two federal laws: Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Americans with Disabilities Act.
—Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 23 Feb. 2024
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