make short work of

Definition

To do (a task) quicker or easier.

Example Sentences

• "A good electric screwdriver will make short work of the disassembly process."
• "[...] a cab ride in one of the Birmingham Type 2 diesels over the Mallaig extension demonstrated what short work—and what a transformation of the engineman's lot—these machines make of the gradients by comparison with their steam predecessors."
• ""There was desperate characters here, but the vigilantes made short work of 'em.""