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work back

verb

  1. informal,  (intr, adverb) to work overtime

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Havenstein returned against the New Orleans Saints and has played the last three games, but McVay said time on injured reserve would enable him to work back to full strength.

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It wasn’t easy for a Colored man to obtain work back then.

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There was no work back home, though, and people who had returned could do little more than raise the food they needed to feed their families.

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“It’s a chance for me to get the work back into the place that informed it,” Martinez said.

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The government says it wants to help those who can work back into employment, while doing more to protect those with severe conditions who are unable to do so.

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