send a boy to do a man's job

verb

To send an inexperienced person to do something they are not qualified for.

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Meanings

verbsend a boy to do a man's job (third-person singular simple present sends a boy to do a man's job, present participle sending a boy to do a man's job, simple past and past participle sent a boy to do a man's job)

present singular third person sends a boy to do a man's job · participle present sending a boy to do a man's job · participle past sent a boy to do a man's job · past sent a boy to do a man's job

  1. To send an inexperienced person to do something they are not qualified for.

    “Guess it was too much to expect a bunch of corporate-payroll little girls to do a woman’s job.”

    [2017 November, N. K. Jemisin, Mac Walters, chapter 4, in Mass Effect Andromeda: Initiation, 1st edition (Science Fiction), Titan Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 76
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APA

send a boy to do a man's job. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/send%20a%20boy%20to%20do%20a%20man's%20job

MLA

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “send a boy to do a man's job,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/send%20a%20boy%20to%20do%20a%20man's%20job.

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