get work done

English

Verb

get work done (third-person singular simple present gets work done, present participle getting work done, simple past got work done, past participle (UK) got work done or (US) gotten work done)

  1. To receive plastic surgery.
    • 2006, Alex Kuczynski, Beauty Junkies: Inside Our $15 Billion Obsession With Cosmetic Surgery, page 80:
      The push to get work done younger is just a small part of the reason the cosmetic surgery industry is booming.
    • 2010, Jami Attenberg, chapter 20, in The Melting Season:
      We've got nothing to be ashamed of but we don't want to advertise that we get work done either.
    • 2011, Imogen Lloyd Webber, The Single Girl's Survival Guide:
      It's very hard to get work done in your hometown without it being noticed afterward.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get,‎ work,‎ done.
    I can't get any work done with that noise outside!
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