do a good/great job
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: to do something very well
Whoever planned the party did a good/great job.
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Google's smart displays are smart enough to put vertical photos side by side, and do a good job of pairing similar events together when doing so.
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Nena Farrell, Wired News, 1 June 2025
Carlisle and members of the roster acknowledged that the team didn’t do a good job of defending him during that stretch.
—Tony East, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
Torkelson’s new attack angle The new stance-tracking tools at Baseball Savant do a good job of showing how all the subtle adjustments in Spencer Torkelson’s swing are adding up to substantive improvements.
—Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 21 May 2025
Old towels cut up into rags do a great job of removing this soft flux once the copper pipe is cool enough to touch.
—Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 31 May 2025
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Nena Farrell, Wired News, 1 June 2025
Carlisle and members of the roster acknowledged that the team didn’t do a good job of defending him during that stretch.
—Tony East, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
Torkelson’s new attack angle The new stance-tracking tools at Baseball Savant do a good job of showing how all the subtle adjustments in Spencer Torkelson’s swing are adding up to substantive improvements.
—Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 21 May 2025
Old towels cut up into rags do a great job of removing this soft flux once the copper pipe is cool enough to touch.
—Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 31 May 2025
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“Do a good/great job.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/do%20a%20good%2Fgreat%20job. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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