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In addition to the idioms beginning with work, also see all in a day's work; all work and no play; at work; busy work; dirty work; get down to (work); good works; gum up (the works); have one's work cut out; in the works; make short work of; many hands make light work; out of work; shoot the works; the works; turn (work) out all right.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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