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

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.

From BBC

"We live this every day. I feel the country supported us in the first months, but now after one year, they feel: 'OK, you need to go back to work, back to life.' But we can't."

From BBC

"The best thing the studios could do for fire relief is to bring work back for the rank and file LA film workers," says Mark Worthington, a production designer whose home burned down in Altadena.

From BBC

Leonard played 24 minutes and 17 seconds — a season high — as he continues to work back from the knee issues that have bothered him much of his time with the Clippers.

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