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do a job on
do 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.
do a job on somebody/something
(mainly American informal) to hurt or damage someone or something He really did a job on her, telling her how much he loved her and then leaving her. Someone sure did a job on this table - there are scratches all over it.
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."
do a job on
1. To damage, harm, or worsen: The stylist did a real job on my hair.
2. To defecate on.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
James | | JAYMZ (English) | English, Biblical |
Cosme | | - | Portuguese, French |
Aqissiaq | | - | Native American, Greenlandic |
DİLay | | - | Turkish |
Ketut | | - | Indonesian, Balinese |
Plinius | | - | Ancient Roman |