"rush job" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: rush jobs [plural], rush-job [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} rush job (plural rush jobs)
  1. A task done under pressure or with urgency. Translations (a task done under pressure or with urgency): engiponament [masculine] (Catalan), himaw (Tagalog)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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