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one's fingers to the bone; slave away, grub, sweat, peg away at, push oneself; exert oneself, be busy, be industrious, exercise, practice, make efforts; fag, work away at, strain oneself, keep trying, spare no effort, take pains; ply the oar, set one's shoulder to the wheel, Inf. knock oneself out, keep one's nose to the grindstone, Sl.
kill oneself, struggle, Sl.
beat one's brains out; do double duty, do one's utmost, do one's best, strain one's nerve, force oneself, Inf. plug away at; plod along, strive, contend, vie, endeavor.
11. be employed, earn one's livelihood, ply one's trade, occupy oneself with, have a job, hold down a job; follow a trade, do business, practice a profession.
12. operate, run, function, go, act, perform, Inf. fly; have effect, play, have influence; carry on, get on, move.
13. use, manage, ply, wield, handle, maneuver, manipulate; make go, conduct, deal with, drive, direct, steer; utilize, employ, turn to account, put to use, adhibit, bring into play; apply, treat, take care of, see to.
14. effect, accomplish, cause, make, do, bring about; produce, effectuate, realize, fulfill, attain; engender, beget, bring to effect, implement, put through, carry off, Inf. bring off, Inf. pull off; enact, execute, compass, discharge, dispatch, take care of.
15. influence, persuade, induce, sway, bend, turn, move; incline, predispose, affect, lead, bias; wear down, bend to one's will, make oneself felt, soften up.
16.
work in put in, enter, insert, inject, interpose,
introduce; edge in, wedge in, move in, foist in, worm in; implant, interpolate, interject, sandwich in, stick in.
17.
work off dispose of, lose, undo, get off; exercise, sweat off, run off, walk off.
18.
work on coax, wheedle, cajole, pester, nag, Sl. bug; press, importune, urge, Inf. pressure, blandish, dun, push.
19.
work out a. resolve, solve, figure out, unrid dle, clear up; crack, decode, decipher, unlock; get, do, answer, find out, puzzle out, Sl.
dope out.
b. add up to, amount to, come to, total up to, be in all, mount to, extend to.
c. develop, elaborate, evolve, pro gress; expand, enlarge, go into, detail, enter into. d. drill, train, exercise, practice; discipline, prepare, prime, break in.
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work up excite, stir, rouse, move, incite; whet, spur, quicken, enkindle, inflame, fire up, prompt, impel, instigate, stimulate, foment, animate, arouse.
worker, n. 1. doer, performer, practitioner, operator, actor; agent, operative, perpetrator, executor.
2. laborer, workman, workwoman, workingman, workingwoman, working girl, employee; manual laborer, toiler, moiler; artisan, craftsman, smith, wright, maker, handicraftsman, tradesman; mechanic, master, journeyman, apprentice; jobholder, blue-collar worker, white-collar worker, wage earner, breadwinner, proletarian; hand, hireling, Brit, navvy, common laborer, day laborer; menial, flunky, fag, Sl. working stiff; slave, serf, peon, coolie, migrant worker, grubber, plodder, drudge, hack; busy bee, workhorse, hustler, workaholic.
working, n. 1. operation, action, process, conduct, activity, doing, performance, execution.
2. shaping, molding, modeling.
-adj. 3. operating, functioning, going, running.
workmanship, n. 1. craftmanship, art, artistry, style, style, technique; craft, skill, skillfulness, dexterity, adroitness, expertness, expertise, mastery, masterfulness; talent, genius, gift, knack, flair, touch.
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