"get work done" meaning in English

See get work done in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: gets work done [present, singular, third-person], getting work done [participle, present], got work done [past], got work done [UK, participle, past], gotten work done [US, participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|get<,,got,got􂀿UK􂁀:gotten􂀿US􂁀> work done}} get work done (third-person singular simple present gets work done, present participle getting work done, simple past got work done, past participle (UK) got work done or (US) gotten work done)
  1. To receive plastic surgery.
    Sense id: en-get_work_done-en-verb-TV9NqHTO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 80 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 85 15
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, work, done.
    Sense id: en-get_work_done-en-verb-M0FcT-Aq
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          "ref": "2006, Alex Kuczynski, Beauty Junkies: Inside Our $15 Billion Obsession With Cosmetic Surgery, page 80:",
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          "ref": "2010, Jami Attenberg, chapter 20, in The Melting Season:",
          "text": "We've got nothing to be ashamed of but we don't want to advertise that we get work done either.",
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          "ref": "2011, Imogen Lloyd Webber, The Single Girl's Survival Guide:",
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