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do a job on
job 1 J0046300 (jŏb)n.1. a. A regular activity performed in exchange for payment, especially as one's trade, occupation, or profession: Her job is doing drug research.b. A position of employment: How many jobs are open at the factory?2. a. A task that must be done: Let's finish this job before we start another.b. A specified duty or responsibility: Your job is to watch the kids while we're away. See Synonyms at task.c. Informal A difficult or strenuous task: It's a real job getting people to help out at these events.3. a. A specific piece of work to be done for a set fee: an expensive repair job.b. The object to be worked on: Those overgrown shrubs are a big job.c. Something resulting from or produced by work: I like the job they did on those shrubs.4. An operation done to improve one's appearance, or the result of such an operation. Often used in combination: a face job.5. Computers A program application that may consist of several steps but is performed as a single logical unit.6. Informal A state of affairs: Their marriage was a bad job from the start. It's a good job that we left early to avoid the traffic.7. Informal A criminal act, especially a robbery: a bank job.8. Informal An example of a specified type, especially of something made or constructed. Often used in combination: a new building that is just another glass and steel job; a cowboy hat that is one of those ten-gallon jobs.v. jobbed, job·bing, jobs v.intr.1. To work at odd jobs.2. To work by the piece.3. To act as a jobber.v.tr.1. To purchase (merchandise) from manufacturers and sell it to retailers.2. To arrange for (contracted work) to be done in portions by others; subcontract.3. To transact (official business) dishonestly for private profit.Idioms: do a job on1. To damage, harm, or worsen: The stylist did a real job on my hair.2. To defecate on. on the job1. Paying close attention; on the alert.2. At work; at one's place of business: Employees are not allowed to smoke while on the job.
[Perhaps from obsolete jobbe, piece, alteration of Middle English gobbe, lump; see gob1.]
job 2 J0046300 (jŏb) Chiefly Southern tr. & intr.v. jobbed, job·bing, jobs To jab or make a jab.n. A jab.
[Middle English jobben, of imitative origin.]
Job 1 J0046500 (jōb) In the Bible, an upright man whose faith in God survived the test of repeated calamities.
[Hebrew 'iyyôb; see ʔb in Semitic roots.]
Job 2 J0046500 (jōb)n. See Table at Bible.
[After Job.]Thesaurus| Verb | 1.do a job on - destroy completely or make ugly or useless; "The dog did a job on my pillow"; "The seamstress did a job on my wedding gown"ruin, destroy - destroy completely; damage irreparably; "You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!"; "The tears ruined her make-up" |
do a job on
do a job on (someone or something)1. To have a harmful impact on someone or something. Considering her pessimism toward marriage, her last break-up must have really done a job on her. Ugh, your puppy did a job on my new shoes—they're completely chewed up!2. Of a domesticated animal (typically a pet), to defecate on something. My cat used to always use her litter box, but she regularly does a job on the floor, unfortunately.3. To severely rebuke someone. Man, the boss really did a job on me for messing up that client's account.4. To physically assault someone. The mafia leader sent a couple of goons to do a job on the witness so that she wouldn't testify in court.See also: job, ondo a job on someone or something 1. Euph. to defecate on someone or something. (Note the variation in the second example.) The puppy did a job on the living-room carpet. It's supposed to do its job on the newspapers in the basement. 2. Sl. to damage someone or something; to mess up someone or something. The robbers really did a job on the bank guard. They beat him when they robbed the bank. The puppy did a job on my shoes. They are all chewed to pieces.See also: job, ondo a job onAlso, 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." See also: job, on do a job on1. To damage, harm, or worsen: The stylist did a real job on my hair.2. To defecate on.See also: job, ondo a job on
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