in the works being planned, worked on, or produced. chiefly North American
2003N. Y. Magazine Movie-star-of-the-moment Jennifer Lopez…is in talks to star in Monster in Law, a new comedy in the works at New Line Cinema.
☞ For other idioms containing work, see the entry for the main word in the idiom (for example, make short work of at short).
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