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worked on

worked on is the simple past and past participle of work on.

Meaning of work on

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To apply mental or physical effort to (something) in order to shape, form, improve, investigate, solve it, etc.
    • John's in the studio working on the plans for the new house.
  2. (transitive) To exercise influence on someone.
    • Leave it to me. I'll try to work on the boss to give us the day off.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see work, on.
    • Do you work on Sundays?

Questions about worked on

What is worked on the simple past and past participle of?
Worked on is the simple past and past participle of work on.

Words near worked on in the dictionary

  1. worked like a horse
  2. worked like a mule
  3. worked like a nailer
  4. worked like a Trojan
  5. worked off
  6. worked on
  7. worked one's buns off
  8. worked one's fingers to the bone
  9. worked one's guts out
  10. worked one's magic
  11. worked one's passage

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Adapted from Wiktionary: worked on (page history and authors); work on (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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