get the job done

get the job done (third-person singular simple present gets the job done, present participle getting the job done, simple past got the job done, past participle (UK) got the job done or (US) gotten the job done)

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

   Synonym: get 'er done

   Near-synonyms: do the job, do the trick

   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.

   • 2011 February 1, Phil McNulty, “Arsenal 2 - 1 Everton”, in BBC‎^[1]:

     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.

   • 2000, Bob the Builder, Can We Fix It?:

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