Idiom Breakdown

make short work of

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Definition

To do (a task) quicker or easier.

To deal with or overcome (someone or something) quickly and without difficulty.

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"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.""
"You impertinent ruffian! You impertinent ruffian! I'll make short work of you!"
"With what you have learned from your drivers' education course so far, you should be able to make short work of an enemy aircraft."
"I arrange some of my things and sit back, making short work of the chocolate bars supplied to passengers."

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