to get it done
- phrasal verb
- Just get it done today.
- get it done right
If they they could probably get it done in a month or so.
- If they they could probably get it done in a month or so.
- Like I like to get it done now.
- And then I think we should just get it done today, okay?
- Just do one thing at a time, get it done with and move on.
- So we couldn't get it done, but I'm trying.
- I mean, if I don't get it done, I can't sleep.
- It's the UPM and the line producer's job to get it done at the price.
- I would rather figure out how to get it done that day.
- And that's the way we we get it done and we beat it.
- You know, it is so easy to get it done.
- Like let's just build a system that's we can get it done now.
Examples
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I'll get it done with or without you.
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It's more important to get it done than to make it perfect.
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It's like, no, just get it done for sure.
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And then I think we should just get it done today, okay?
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We gotta get it done.
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Just get it done, please.
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"With two of us, we can get it done in no time.
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Let's take that five year plan and get it done in a year.
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Come on people, we're not paid by the hour, let's get it done.
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If we all work together, we can get it done a lot faster.
Synonyms
To bring something to an end or complete it
To reach a goal by effort or skill
To finish something or make it whole
To do something successfully after much effort
To finish an unpleasant task quickly so you do not worry about it
Finish an activity or task
To complete an activity or task
To finish a difficult or long task
To finish a task well and quickly
Complete the last details to make something ready
To complete the last part of a task
To make a plan or change happen
Finish a task or project by the time it is due
Complete all the work needed for a task
To finish tasks completely so nothing is left
To complete something by adding the final touches
To make something complete or perfect
To do what was promised and get the expected result
Finish a task quickly and well
To do what is expected and give the results needed
How Complete
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to complete a task' is directly derivable from the parts: 'get' in its causative/achieve sense, 'it' as the task, and 'done' meaning finished. The construction 'get (something) done' is a productive, compositional causative pattern found cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent senses will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Get it done comes from the simple picture of taking a task and moving it until it is done, like carrying a box across a finish line. That's why it means 'to complete a task'.