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do the job

do the job verb: synonym of do the trick.

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

Synonyms of do the job

Forms of do the job

third-person singular presentdoes the job
present participledoing the job
pastdid the job
past participledone the job

Questions about do the job

What does do the job mean?
Do the job means synonym of do the trick.
What part of speech is do the job?
Do the job is a verb.
What is the past tense of do the job?
The past tense of do the job is did the job.

Words near do the job in the dictionary

  1. do the honors
  2. do the honour
  3. do the honourable thing
  4. do the honours
  5. do the impossible
  6. do the job
  7. do the laundry
  8. do the mahi
  9. do the math
  10. do the most
  11. do the nasties

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