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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Please educate yourselves on our job, the compassion and capabilities required to do the job.
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Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 3 Aug. 2025
Seeking to facilitate their communications with families, neighbors and business associates back home, the U.S. leaned on the postal service to do the job.
—Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 23 July 2025
Researchers wondered if robotic rabbits might do the job just as well.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 July 2025
Many commercial rust removers do the job much faster, too.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 26 July 2025
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Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 3 Aug. 2025
Seeking to facilitate their communications with families, neighbors and business associates back home, the U.S. leaned on the postal service to do the job.
—Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 23 July 2025
Researchers wondered if robotic rabbits might do the job just as well.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 July 2025
Many commercial rust removers do the job much faster, too.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 26 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for do the job
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“Do the job.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/do%20the%20job. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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