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do one's job

do one's job verb: to properly do the work one is supposed to do.

Verb

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

  1. To properly do the work one is supposed to do.

Forms of do one's job

third-person singular presentdoes one's job
present participledoing one's job
pastdid one's job
past participledone one's job

Questions about do one's job

What does do one's job mean?
Do one's job means to properly do the work one is supposed to do.
What part of speech is do one's job?
Do one's job is a verb.
What is the past tense of do one's job?
The past tense of do one's job is did one's job.

Words near do one's job in the dictionary

  1. do one's darnedest
  2. do one's duty
  3. do one's ease
  4. do one's easement
  5. do one's homework
  6. do one's job
  7. do one's nut
  8. do one's own thing
  9. do one's own time
  10. do one's part
  11. do one's stuff

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