Usually means: Performing tasks without genuine enthusiasm.
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General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. go through_the_motions: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. go through_the_motions: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. go through_the_motions: Collins English Dictionary
  4. go through_the_motions: Vocabulary.com
  5. go through_the_motions: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. go through_the_motions: Wiktionary
  7. go through_the_motions: Dictionary.com
  8. go through_the_motions: Rhymezone
  9. go through_the_motions: Free Dictionary
  10. go through_the_motions: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. go through_the_motions: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. go through_the_motions: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. go through_the_motions: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (go through the motions)

verb:  (idiomatic) To do something in a mechanical, unreflective manner, especially as a matter of routine and without commitment or enthusiasm; to perform a task perfunctorily.

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