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rush job en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. A task done under pressure or with urgency.
    • "[W]hen they called me for a rush job, there wasn't enough time to sign an agreement, nor did I think it necessary." 1993 July 4, Penny Singer, “Photographers Find Strength in Unity”, in New York Times, retrieved 07 Jan 2016:
    • "Rush job?" "Yes, sir. You'll have to excuse me. I've got to get started." 1909, L. Frank Baum, chapter 8, in Aunt Jane's Nieces at Work:
    • [T]he production values are excellent and there are no obvious signs of it having been a rush job. 2008 October 17, John Hiscock, “Film Review: W”, in Telegraph, UK, retrieved 07 Jan 2016:

Forms

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rush jobs Number=Plur lexicographic
rush-job alternative lexicographic

Translations (2)

tl himaw (a task done under pressure or with urgency) · ca engiponament (a task done under pressure or with urgency)