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English verb: do work

1. do work (social) be employed


SamplesIs your husband working again?.
My wife never worked.
Do you want to work after the age of 60?.
She never did any work because she inherited a lot of money.
She works as a waitress to put herself through college.


Synonymswork


Pattern of useSomebody ----s.
Somebody ----s PP


Narrower (hyponym)bank, blackleg, break one's back, buckle down, dig, drive, drudge, fag, farm, fill, fink, freelance, grind, job, knuckle down, labor, labour, man, moil, moonlight, occupy, rat, scab, serve, serve, slave, subcontract, take, tinker, toil, travail, turn a trick


Verb groupput to work, work, work, work









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