on the job

on the job
on the job
working; doing what one is expected to do. •

I'm always on the job when I should be.

I can depend on my furnace to be on the job day and night.

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{adj. phr.}, {informal} Working hard; not wasting time. * /Joe was on the job all of the time that he was at work./ * /The school paper came out on time because the editors were on the job./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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