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work one's passage

work one's passage verb: to pay for one's voyage by working while on board, rather than by paying a fare.

Verb

work one's passage (third-person singular simple present works one's passage, present participle working one's passage, simple past and past participle worked one's passage)

  1. To pay for one's voyage by working while on board, rather than by paying a fare.

Forms of work one's passage

third-person singular presentworks one's passage
present participleworking one's passage
past participleworked one's passage
pastworked one's passage

Questions about work one's passage

What does work one's passage mean?
Work one's passage means to pay for one's voyage by working while on board, rather than by paying a fare.
What part of speech is work one's passage?
Work one's passage is a verb.
What is the past tense of work one's passage?
The past tense of work one's passage is worked one's passage.

Words near work one's passage in the dictionary

  1. work on
  2. work one's buns off
  3. work one's fingers to the bone
  4. work one's guts out
  5. work one's magic
  6. work one's passage
  7. work one's tail off
  8. work one's way
  9. work one's way up
  10. work oneself to the bone
  11. work order

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