send a boy to do a man's job en · VERB
Meanings
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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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| sends a boy to do a man's job | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| sending a boy to do a man's job | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| sent a boy to do a man's job | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| sent a boy to do a man's job | Tense=Past | lexicographic |