work it

work it idiom
Arrange, bring about, as in We'll try to work it so that the board meets tomorrow. [Colloquial; late 1800s]

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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