work in

British  

verb

1. to insert or become inserted

   she worked the patch in carefully

2. (tr) to find space for

   I'll work this job in during the day

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noun

1. a form of industrial action in which a factory that is to be closed down is occupied and run by its workers

work in Idioms  

1. Insert or introduce, as in As part of their presentation they worked in a request for funding the exhibit . Similarly, work into means “insert or introduce into something else,” as in She worked more flour into the mixture . [Late 1600s]

2. Make time for in a schedule, as in The dentist said he would try to work her in this morning . Here, too, work into is sometimes used, as in She had to work two emergency cases into her morning schedule . [Mid-1700s]

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Example Sentences

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work in

You’re off to work in sixty seconds flat.

From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026

But even a brief pause in shipments threatens the economy in Michoacán, where 200,000 people work in the avocado trade.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

But we work in a very concentrated way.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

Jack Cunningham, 26, from Kent often uses Argos to pick up things when he's at work in London.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

Many of them are paid laborers who work the fields during the growing season, and then come to Aswan to work in the quarry during the remainder of the year.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman

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