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makes quick work of

makes quick work of is the third-person singular simple present indicative of make quick work of.

Meaning of make quick work of

Verb

make quick work of (third-person singular simple present makes quick work of, present participle making quick work of, simple past and past participle made quick work of)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To accomplish a specified task easily and quickly.
    • The cupbearers made quick work of the after-dinner cleanup chores.
  2. (idiomatic, transitive) To kill a specified person easily and quickly.
    • The spiders made quick work of the human soldiers.

Questions about makes quick work of

What is makes quick work of the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Makes quick work of is the third-person singular simple present indicative of make quick work of.

Words near makes quick work of in the dictionary

  1. makes over
  2. makes peace
  3. makes pigs and whistles of
  4. makes pigs and whistles of something
  5. makes pretend
  6. makes quick work of
  7. makes right
  8. makes room
  9. makes sense
  10. makes shift
  11. makes shit of

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Adapted from Wiktionary: makes quick work of (page history and authors); make quick work of (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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