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

The spokesperson said the platform had always engaged proactively and worked in good faith with the commission to comply with the DSA and would continue to do so throughout the investigation.

From The Wall Street Journal

Once the farm jobs disappeared, she went to work in the mill.

From Los Angeles Times

Right now, the model can forecast five days out and is, as Klosterman puts it, “very much a work in progress.”

From Los Angeles Times

But it's a profession where men remain very much the exception rather than the rule - there are more than 53,000 women working in midwifery around the UK compared to 194 men.

From BBC

Her group partners with Webull to offer students custodial brokerage accounts, allowing their parents to maintain oversight while students learn how investing works in a real-world setting, she said.

From MarketWatch

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