also: workin' <span class="searchmatch">work</span> <span class="searchmatch">in</span> (third-person singular simple present works <span class="searchmatch">in</span>, present participle working <span class="searchmatch">in</span>, simple past and past participle <span class="searchmatch">worked</span> <span class="searchmatch">in</span>) (transitive)...
angles <span class="searchmatch">work</span> the audience <span class="searchmatch">work</span> the bar <span class="searchmatch">work</span> the crowd <span class="searchmatch">work</span> the hole <span class="searchmatch">work</span> the hyphens <span class="searchmatch">work</span> the line <span class="searchmatch">work</span> the oracle <span class="searchmatch">work</span> the refs <span class="searchmatch">work</span> the room <span class="searchmatch">work</span> the system...
participle worked out) (transitive) To calculate. Can you <span class="searchmatch">work</span> out 250 × 12 <span class="searchmatch">in</span> your head for me? Can you <span class="searchmatch">work</span> out how to get to the university by car? 2022 January...
God's <span class="searchmatch">work</span> (uncountable) <span class="searchmatch">Work</span> <span class="searchmatch">in</span> accordance with the will of God. 2007, Angelo Letizia, The Battle for Existence[1], page 110: He had done God's <span class="searchmatch">work</span> by...
photocopier at <span class="searchmatch">work</span>. 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain) Remember to call Marsha at <span class="searchmatch">work</span>. Working, <span class="searchmatch">in</span> the process of doing <span class="searchmatch">work</span>. Don't interrupt...
to <span class="searchmatch">work</span> and Right-to-<span class="searchmatch">work</span> law Wikipedia Wikipedia (UK) IPA(key): /ɹaɪt tə wɜːk/ (US) IPA(key): /ɹaɪt tə wɝk/ right to <span class="searchmatch">work</span> (plural rights to <span class="searchmatch">work</span>) (public...
See also: <span class="searchmatch">work</span> From Middle English -<span class="searchmatch">work</span>, -werk, from Old English -weorc, -ġeweorc, equivalent to English <span class="searchmatch">work</span>. Compare also Saterland Frisian -werk, Dutch...
<span class="searchmatch">work</span> someone's arse off (British spelling) <span class="searchmatch">work</span> someone's ass off (third-person singular simple present works someone's ass off, present participle working...
participle worked the crowd) (idiomatic) To <span class="searchmatch">work</span> the room, or to do the equivalent with an outdoor audience. crowdwork <span class="searchmatch">work</span> the room — see <span class="searchmatch">work</span> the room...
somebody will have to <span class="searchmatch">work</span> them over. (transitive, slang, idiomatic) To physically attack <span class="searchmatch">in</span> order to cause injury. He'll talk, once we <span class="searchmatch">work</span> him over. (transitive...