do the job
idiom
informal
: to achieve a desired result
The new system isn't working yet, but a few more adjustments ought to do the job.
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The reality is if the Nuggets are going to dare other players to beat them, those guys have to step up and do the job.
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Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 15 May 2024
In that regard, the city has enough resources to do the job.
—Brandon Del Pozo, New York Daily News, 10 Mar. 2024
Fully remote employee ratings are 14 percentage points more positive for work-life flexibility and 10 percentage points higher on meeting quality, perceived open-mindedness, and feeling clued-In about the information needed to do the job.
—Greg Barnett, Hartford Courant, 12 Feb. 2024
Since the port’s cranes were too small to load the bigger rockets, a floating 100-ton crane was brought in to do the job.
—Sergey Radchenko, Foreign Affairs, 3 Apr. 2023
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Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 15 May 2024
In that regard, the city has enough resources to do the job.
—Brandon Del Pozo, New York Daily News, 10 Mar. 2024
Fully remote employee ratings are 14 percentage points more positive for work-life flexibility and 10 percentage points higher on meeting quality, perceived open-mindedness, and feeling clued-In about the information needed to do the job.
—Greg Barnett, Hartford Courant, 12 Feb. 2024
Since the port’s cranes were too small to load the bigger rockets, a floating 100-ton crane was brought in to do the job.
—Sergey Radchenko, Foreign Affairs, 3 Apr. 2023
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