at work

1. Engaged in a job or other activity, as in The contractor is hard at work on the new building , or The little boy was fascinated to see the washing machine at work . [Early 1600s]

2. At one's office or other place of business, as in Is it all right if I telephone you at work ? [Late 1800s]

Example Sentences

We do what we can when Skipper loses her lunch money, pay for college if we can, help out with the first-day-at-work suit.

From The Daily Beast

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