work in

work in idiom
  1. Insert or introduce, as in As part of their presentation they worked in a request for funding the exhibit. Similarly, work into means “insert or introduce into something else,” as in She worked more flour into the mixture. [Late 1600s]
  2. Make time for in a schedule, as in The dentist said he would try to work her in this morning. Here, too, work into is sometimes used, as in She had to work two emergency cases into her morning schedule. [Mid-1700s]

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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