do sb's dirty work
Definition
› to do something unpleasant or difficult for someone else because they do not want to do it themselves: Tell her yourself - I'm not going to do your dirty work for you.Helping and co-operating
(Definition of do sb's dirty work from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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