get work done

verb

To receive plastic surgery.

“I can't get any work done with that noise outside!”

Meanings

verbget work done (third-person singular simple present gets work done, present participle getting work done, simple past got work done, past participle (UK) got work done or (US) gotten work done)

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

  1. To receive plastic surgery.

    It's very hard to get work done in your hometown without it being noticed afterward.

    2011, Imogen Lloyd Webber, The Single Girl's Survival Guide
    2 more examples

    The push to get work done younger is just a small part of the reason the cosmetic surgery industry is booming.

    2006, Alex Kuczynski, Beauty Junkies: Inside Our $15 Billion Obsession With Cosmetic Surgery, page 80

    We've got nothing to be ashamed of but we don't want to advertise that we get work done either.

    2010, Jami Attenberg, chapter 20, in The Melting Season
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, work, done.

    I can't get any work done with that noise outside!

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APA

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MLA

“get work done.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20work%20done. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “get work done,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20work%20done.

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