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getting work done

getting work done is the present participle and gerund of get work done.

Meaning of get work done

Verb

get work done (third-person singular simple present gets work done, present participle getting work done, simple past got work done, past participle (UK) got work done or (US) gotten work done)

  1. To receive plastic surgery.
    • The push to get work done younger is just a small part of the reason the cosmetic surgery industry is booming.2006, Alex Kuczynski, Beauty Junkies: Inside Our $15 Billion Obsession With Cosmetic Surgery, page 80
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, work, done.
    • I can't get any work done with that noise outside!

Questions about getting work done

What is getting work done the present participle and gerund of?
Getting work done is the present participle and gerund of get work done.

Words near getting work done in the dictionary

  1. getting with
  2. getting with child
  3. getting with it
  4. getting with the program
  5. getting with the times
  6. getting work done
  7. getting wrong
  8. getting-to-know-you
  9. Gettinger
  10. Gettingers
  11. gettings

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