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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Still, a good portion don’t believe either party can do the job, per Pew.
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Chloe Berger, Fortune, 9 Apr. 2024
These are very basic and do the job for smaller chests.
—Cheryl Fenton, Parents, 20 Mar. 2024
But Powers said adding all that infrastructure is not needed, saying meters on the lines can do the job.
—Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2024
But a spirited State of the Union address last week seemed to temper some concerns for now about his ability to do the job.
—Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2024
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.
—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
Chloe Berger, Fortune, 9 Apr. 2024
These are very basic and do the job for smaller chests.
—Cheryl Fenton, Parents, 20 Mar. 2024
But Powers said adding all that infrastructure is not needed, saying meters on the lines can do the job.
—Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2024
But a spirited State of the Union address last week seemed to temper some concerns for now about his ability to do the job.
—Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2024
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.
—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
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