working

See:
  • a working over
  • be working overtime
  • fire on all cylinders
  • fire on all four cylinders
  • firing/working on all cylinders
  • give (one) a (good) working over
  • give someone a good working over
  • give someone a working over
  • hard at
  • have a working knowledge of (something)
  • have a working knowledge of something
  • in working order
  • plumber’s smile
  • work (one or oneself) to death
  • work (one's way) down the line
  • work (one's) backside off
  • work (one's) buns off
  • work (one's) butt off
  • work (one's) fingers to the bone
  • work (one's) magic
  • work (one's) passage
  • work (one's) tail off
  • work (one's) ticket
  • work (one's) way
  • work (one's) way along
  • work (one's) way into (something or some place)
  • work (one's) way through (school)
  • work (one's) way through (something)
  • work (one's) way up
  • work (oneself) into the ground
  • work (someone or something)
  • work (someone or something) up into (something)
  • work (something) out of (something else)
  • work a treat
  • work against (someone or something)
  • work all the hours God sends
  • work among (someone or something)
  • work an angle on (one)
  • work around (someone or something)
  • work around to (someone or something)
  • work as (something)
  • work at (something or some place)
  • work away (at something)
  • work beneath (someone or something)
  • work both sides of the street
  • work both ways
  • work down
  • work down the aisle
  • work for (someone or something)
  • work hand and glove with (someone or something)
  • work hand in glove with (someone or something)
  • work hand in hand
  • work in
  • work in an/(one's) ivory tower
  • work into (something)
  • work it
  • work it so (that) (something is the case)
  • work itself out
  • work like a beaver
  • work like a charm
  • work like a dog
  • work like a dream
  • work like a horse
  • work like a mule
  • work like a slave
  • work like a Trojan
  • work like magic
  • work nights
  • work off
  • work on (someone or something)
  • work on all cylinders
  • work out
  • work out all right
  • work out for the best
  • work over
  • work the crowd
  • work the oracle
  • work the problem
  • work the rabbit's foot on (someone)
  • work the room
  • work things out
  • work things so (that) (something is the case)
  • work through
  • work through channels
  • work to (something)
  • work together
  • work toward (something)
  • work under (someone or something)
  • work under the table
  • work up
  • work up a sweat
  • work up a thirst
  • work up to (something)
  • work up to the collar
  • work with (someone or something)
  • work without a net
  • work wonders
  • working girl
  • working man’s smile
  • working man's smile
  • working stiff
References in periodicals archive
"Employers are primarily counting on keeping people working longer and increasing productivity to minimize the impact of a work force shortage," said Dunnington.
The study reports that 653,300 working poor persons were found in Canada in 2001.
In Bronka Schneider's autobiographical account of her first months in Britain, working as domestic servant in a remote castle in Scotland, class relationships are further complicated by the fact that she was in service to a man and wife who had recently returned from India.
Nissen, who directed a special telework initiative from 1997-2002, has found that some fields are more conducive to working from home than others: "Web design, computer programming, college and university counseling, writing, editing, and even teaching at the college level, where the prep work can be done at home, are all acceptable choices."
By understanding the role and drivers of working capital management and taking steps to reach the "right" levels of working capital, companies can minimize risk, effectively prepare for uncertainty and improve overall performance.
Pressures are particularly acute for working parents.
The authors reported that 60.9% (74 of 122 workers) had returned to work after treatment and remained working at a six-month follow-up.
In the same way that the conditions of paid work were and continue to be a political issue for women, the conditions under which men provide care within the context of their working lives must be a political issue.
University ecologists, science educators and natural resource agency scientists have been working with science teachers in a partnership called "Teachers in the Woods".
For a child under 18 working in the parent's unincorporated business, there is the added advantage that the business owner doesn't have to deduct or pay Social Security taxes, SDI or unemployment insurance on those wages.
This study investigated the physiological responses of female fire fighters to two 23-minute bouts of work in a 40[degrees]C (105[degrees]F) environment at an intensity of 50% of their maximal working capacity (V[O.sub.2]max).
Also, their ability to test the reality of self-knowledge against the demands of the working world, a critical career development skill, can be sparse (Anthony et al., 1988).
This is why building owners need to be aware that subcontractors are working on their building.
He himself has been on AIDS disability and is now working full time for the San Francisco Department of Public Health.
We understand that there are limitations to it that are framed by life's boundaries (i.e., reaching the top shelf from sitting in a wheelchair or working with a service dog who is, after all, still a dog) and independence should be a term applied only to those things that empower us.