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work on

verb

intr, preposition to persuade or influence or attempt to persuade or influence

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Also, work upon . Exercise influence on, as in If you work on him, he might change his mind , or She always worked upon their feelings by pretending to be more ill than she really was . [Early 1600s]

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work off work one's fingers to the bone

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