work in

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

noun

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

Idioms and Phrases

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]

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]

Example Sentences

Dan is now project manager for the civil service but he previously worked in a prison, where he said he would find himself holding back tears when inmates discussed their own abuse.

From BBC

Listing all of Redford’s notable work in front and behind the camera is impossible.

From Los Angeles Times

Within the first three months of arriving, I made my debut appearance on “The Late Late Show with James Corden,” lived in Hollywood and worked in Beverly Hills.

From Los Angeles Times

Stricken with grief, he drifted for a while, finding work in the Californian oilfields - before travelling to Paris and Florence, where he studied art.

From BBC

Google's President and Chief Investment Officer Ruth Porat told BBC News in an exclusive interview that there were "profound opportunities in the UK" for its "pioneering work in advanced science".

From BBC

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