get the job done

present singular third person gets the job done · participle present getting the job done · past got the job done · UK participle past got the job done · US participle past gotten the job done

1. To fulfil one's task; to do what is required to be done.

   Near-synonyms: do the job, do the trick

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   Somehow the night-shift team always gets the job done even when the day-shift team didn't manage to.

   I would put a class 10.9 bolt in this hole if I had one on hand, but this class 8.8 bolt will get the job done well enough.

   Arsene Wenger's side showed little of the style and fluidity that is their hallmark but this was about digging deep and getting the job done, qualities they demonstrated and that will serve them well as the season reaches its climax.

   2011 February 1, Phil McNulty, “Arsenal 2 - 1 Everton”, in BBC

   Bob and the gang have so much fun, working together to get the job done.

   2000, Bob the Builder, Can We Fix It?

   Synonyms: get 'er done, do the job, do the trick