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[work] See: [ALL IN A DAY'S WORK], [ALL WORK AND NO PLAY MAKES JACK A DULL BOY], [AT WORK], [BUSY WORK], [IN THE WORKS], [MAKE SHORT WORK OF], [MANY HANDS […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

all in a days work

[all in a day's work] or [all in the day's work] {adj. phr.}, {informal} Unpleasant or bad but to be expected; not harder than usual; not unusual. * /Keeping ants […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

at work

[at work] {adj, phr.} Busy at a job; doing work. * /The teacher was soon hard at work correcting that day's test./ * /Jim is at work on his car./ […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

work on

[work on] also [work upon] {v.} 1. Have an effect on; influence. * /Some pills work on the nerves and make people feel more relaxed./ 2. To try to influence […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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