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do a job on

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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.

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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.

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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."

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do a job on

1. To damage, harm, or worsen: The stylist did a real job on my hair.

2. To defecate on.

See also: job, on