Quickly do some work with a meat cleaver? (4-4)
I believe the answer is:
chop chop
'quickly' is the definition.
(I know that quickly can be written as chop-chop)
'do some work with a meat cleaver?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'work' could be 'op' (operation, work done in an operating theatre) and 'op' is present in the answer.
'meat' could be 'chop' (chop is a kind of meat) and 'chop' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ch' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for chop chop that I've seen before include "repeated punches" , "Quickly!" , "Promptly!" , "Fast" , "Repeatedly use machete" .)