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work back

work back verb: to work overtime; to make up time off by working overtime; to work beyond a specific shift.

Verb

work back (third-person singular simple present works back, present participle working back, simple past and past participle worked back)

  1. (Australia, idiomatic, intransitive) to work overtime; to make up time off by working overtime; to work beyond a specific shift.

Forms of work back

third-person singular presentworks back
present participleworking back
past participleworked back
pastworked back

Questions about work back

What does work back mean?
Work back means to work overtime; to make up time off by working overtime; to work beyond a specific shift.
What part of speech is work back?
Work back is a verb.
What is the past tense of work back?
The past tense of work back is worked back.

Words near work back in the dictionary

  1. Worimi
  2. work
  3. work around
  4. work at
  5. work away
  6. work back
  7. work backward
  8. work blue
  9. work boot
  10. work boots
  11. work both ends against the middle

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