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get something done

finish a task

To complete a task or piece of work.

B1 very common mostly spoken

expression

Hear it in real life

Are you free for lunch?

Not yet. I need to get this email done first.

Play the conversation

I work better in the library because I can get more done there.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: get ~~done~~ my homework

Say: get my homework done

Put the object between "get" and "done".

Build it

How it fits in a sentence.

get something done; get the report done; get some work done

Your turn: say it out loud

I work better in the library because I can get more done there.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

get something done

finish a task

“I work better in the library because I can get more done there.”

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