make short work of

Meaning

1. make short work of sth / sb

   to defeat, deal with sth / sb quickly

   Liverpool made short work of the opposition (= in a football / soccer game).

In the movies · 1

• I'll make short work of this.Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix2007

From the same entry

• a brick short of a load, two sandwiches short of a picnic
• get the short end of the stick
• give short shrift
• have on a short fuse
• in short order
• in the short run
• in short supply
• little short of
• short and sweet
• life's too short
• to cut a long story short
• full measure