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work in
verb
to insert or become inserted
she worked the patch in carefully
(tr) to find space for
I'll work this job in during the day
noun
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
The now-26-year-old working in climate tech loves her life in the city, but it hasn’t been quite as glamorous as her favorite shows made it out to be.
"Knowing exactly where pain relief is happening in the brain means we can target that area or assess whether a drug is working in the right place," said Dr. Crawford.
He could work in English but not in Arabic.
The UN estimates that hundreds of thousands of people are working in scam centres globally.
The strain of working in a jail with too many prisoners had caused high levels of staff absences, which in turn made things even harder for the remaining staff and prisoners alike.
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