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do a job on (so/sth) definition


  1. tv.
    to ruin someone or something; to give someone or something a thorough working over. : The cops did a job on Rocko, but he still wouldn't talk.

  2. Go to do a number on (so). :
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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job definition


  1. n.
    a drunkard. : Give the job a drink and make somebody happy today.
  2. n.
    a theft; a criminal act. (Police and underworld. See also pull a job.) : Who did that job at the old mansion last week?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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do a job on

Also, do a number on. Damage, harm, as in The cat really did a job on the upholstery, or The teacher did a number on the class with that assignment. This slangy idiom uses job (or number) in the sense of "something negative."

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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