rush job

See also: rush-job

English

Alternative forms

• rush-job

Noun

rush job (plural rush jobs)

1. A task done under pressure or with urgency.
   • 1909, L. Frank Baum, chapter 8, in Aunt Jane's Nieces at Work:

     "Rush job?"
     "Yes, sir. You'll have to excuse me. I've got to get started."

   • 1993 July 4, Penny Singer, “Photographers Find Strength in Unity”, in New York Times, retrieved 7 January 2016:

     "[W]hen they called me for a rush job, there wasn't enough time to sign an agreement, nor did I think it necessary."

   • 2008 October 17, John Hiscock, “Film Review: W”, in Telegraph, UK, retrieved 7 January 2016:

     [T]he production values are excellent and there are no obvious signs of it having been a rush job.

Translations

a task done under pressure or with urgency

• Catalan: engiponament m
• Tagalog: himaw

Further reading

• “rush job”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.