From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishdo a job on somebody/somethingdo a job on somebody/somethingespecially American English informal to have a damaging effect on someone or something The sun does quite a job on people’s skin. → job
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do a job on somebody/something• I watch Maintenance do a job on a paper machine, shut the whole thing down to change a secondary valve.• If you tell Spider yuh out, he may do a job on you.• The sun does quite a job on people's skin. 