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

"We work in an environment where we work online 24/7 and we police in that way, we have to be able to respond accordingly."

From BBC

Bowie had strong associations with Berlin, having lived and worked in the city in the 1970s.

From BBC

Born in Perth, Australia, in 1937, Hayes worked in both newspapers and broadcasting before moving to the UK in the early 1970s.

From BBC

Of those, about 150,000 work in the trucking industry, with the majority based on the West Coast.

From Los Angeles Times

He works in the mines in the northern part of Western Australia.

From BBC

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