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DO A JOB ON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does do a job on mean? 

DO A JOB ON (verb)
  The verb DO A JOB ON has 1 sense:

1. destroy completely or make ugly or uselessplay

  Familiarity information: DO A JOB ON used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DO A JOB ON (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Destroy completely or make ugly or useless

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

The seamstress did a job on my wedding gown

Hypernyms (to "do a job on" is one way to...):

destroy; ruin (destroy completely; damage irreparably)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something


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