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RELATED WORDS : art work at work bantam work body of work cold work detective work dirty work do work dramatic work electrical work field work intelligence work line of work literary work missionary work out of work piece of work police work put to work reference work sabrina work scut work sheet-metal work social work sorrento work table work tool-and-die work undercover work welfare work work work against work animal work at work bench work camp work day work flow work for work force work in work in progress work of art work off work out work over work papers work party work permit work shift work shoe work song work stoppage work study work surface work table work through work time work to rule work toward work unit work up work well work wonders

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb work on has 2 senses

• work on(v = verb.social) work at - to exert effort in order to do, make, or perform something; "the child worked at the multiplication table until she had it down cold"
is one way to work
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

• work on(v = verb.creation) process, work - shape, form, or improve a material; "work stone into tools"; "process iron"; "work the metal"
is one way to transform, transmute, transubstantiate
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

THESAURUS

work on

abuse, act on, act upon, advocate, affect, apply pressure, approach, bear upon, beset, besiege, blandish, bleed, bleed white, bug, buttonhole, cajole, call on, call upon, coax, concentrate on, deceive, drain, draw, draw on, dun, exert influence, exert pressure, exhort, exploit, focus on, foist on, get cozy with, high-pressure, ill-use, importune, impose on, impose upon, influence, insist, insist upon, jawbone, lead on, lobby, lobby through, magnetize, make advances, make overtures, make up to, make use of, manipulate, milk, misuse, nag, nag at, operate on, pass off on, pass the buck, pester, plague, play on, plead with, ply, press, pressure, presume upon, pull strings, push, put across, put on, put over, put upon, recommend, shift the blame, shift the responsibility, soft-soap, stroke, suck dry, sweet-talk, take advantage of, tease, treat, urge, use, use ill, wheedle, wire-pull, work upon

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