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did the job

did the job is the simple past of do the job.

Meaning of do the job

Verb

do the job (third-person singular simple present does the job, present participle doing the job, simple past did the job, past participle done the job)

  1. Synonym of do the trick.
    • And I don't think the union needs to exaggerate - inflation will do the job for it.2022 September 7, Philip Haigh, “Comment: More strikes and poor morale”, in RAIL, number 965, page 3
    Synonyms:
    do the trick

Questions about did the job

What is did the job the simple past of?
Did the job is the simple past of do the job.

Words near did the job in the dictionary

  1. did the handsome thing
  2. did the honor
  3. did the honors
  4. did the honour
  5. did the impossible
  6. did the job
  7. did the journal factory explode
  8. did the math
  9. did the nasties
  10. did the nasty
  11. did the needful

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