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got work done

got work done is the simple past of get work done.

got work done is the past participle 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 got work done

What is got work done the simple past of?
Got work done is the simple past of get work done.

Words near got work done in the dictionary

  1. got with
  2. got with child
  3. got with it
  4. got with the program
  5. got with the times
  6. got work done
  7. got wrong
  8. got-up
  9. Gotama
  10. Gotarzes
  11. gotaway

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