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do the job

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do the job

to achieve the desired result do the trick I needed to tie the two parts together and an old stocking did the job perfectly.

Usage notes: an object, tool, or other thing, but not a person, is what does the job

See also: job

do the job

  (informal)

if something does the job, it is suitable for a particular purpose Here, this knife should do the job. I needed to tie the two parts together and an old stocking did the job perfectly.

See also: job