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do a job on
Idioms and Phrases
Also, do a number on . Damage, harm, as in The cat really did a job on the upholstery , or The teacher did a number on the class with that assignment . This slangy idiom uses job (or number ) in the sense of “something negative.”Example Sentences
Climate change has been doing a job on many of California’s wild areas.
"A young man with incredible talent that we will have to do a job on."
He rarely spoke about what happened after he enlisted, but according to his ex-wife Linda Janes, “It did a job on him.”
They didn't build on their other big win under him - 5-2 at Everton - so I don't really fancy them to win here either, even though they did a job on Manchester United last time out.
“When you do a job on behalf of the government — as an employee or a contractor — there is no license to discriminate or turn people away because they do not meet religious criteria.”
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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