Work & careers
go through the motions
do something without real interest or energy
To do an activity in the usual way without making a real effort or feeling involved.
Hear it in real life
Are you enjoying the course?
Not really; I'm just going through the motions now.
Since the company announced the closure, many employees have just gone through the motions.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I go across the motions at work.
Say: I go through the motions at work.
The fixed preposition is through, not across.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
go through the motions; be going through the motions
Your turn: say it out loud
Since the company announced the closure, many employees have just gone through the motions.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
go through the motions
do something without real interest or energy
“Since the company announced the closure, many employees have just gone through the motions.”
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