Work & careers

get things done

complete tasks

If you get things done, you complete tasks and make useful practical progress.

B1 very common mostly spoken

expression

Hear it in real life

How was your weekend?

Pretty productive - I got things done and still had time to relax.

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I work best in the morning because I can get things done before lunch.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: I got many things do today.

Say: I got many things done today.

In this phrase, use “done” after the task or thing being completed.

Build it

How it fits in a sentence.

get things done; got things done; get a lot of things done

Your turn: say it out loud

I work best in the morning because I can get things done before lunch.

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

get things done

complete tasks

“I work best in the morning because I can get things done before lunch.”

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