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works back

works back is the third-person singular simple present indicative of work back.

Meaning of work back

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.

Questions about works back

What is works back the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Works back is the third-person singular simple present indicative of work back.

Words near works back in the dictionary

  1. works agreement
  2. works agreements
  3. works around
  4. works at
  5. works away
  6. works back
  7. works backward
  8. works blue
  9. works council
  10. works councillor
  11. works councillors

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Adapted from Wiktionary: works back (page history and authors); work back (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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