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work against
the clock
To work very quickly because you know you only have a very limited period of time to do something.
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pit against
To set someone in opposition to someone else.
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take against
To stop liking someone. Become unfriendly.
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turn against
To rebel or oppose something formerly supported.
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take against
He took against me when I was promoted over him.
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turn against
To rotate against or in opposition to something.
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up against
Facing; challenging, or opposing.
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up against
In contact with, abutting.
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rub up against
To touch something with one's body.
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cry out against
To complain strongly, usually as a group.
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go up against
To challenge someone.
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stand up against
To defy or challenge someone.
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against the grain
Contrary to what is expected; especially, of behavior different from what society expects.
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be up against
To be challenged by someone or something stronger than oneself.
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run up against
Begin to encounter problems with someone or something.
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against all odds
Despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability.
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against the clock
In a time-restricted manner, to meet a deadline, hurriedly, timed.
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against the collar
In a tight spot.
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against the grain
To sand or plane a piece of wood parallel or nearly parallel to the fibers such that splinters forming ahead of the tool originate below the cutting surface.
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against the grain
Unwillingly, reluctantly. It went much against the grain with him, i.e. it was much against his inclination, or against his pluck.
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dead set against
Completely opposed, with no possibility of a change of mind.
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rub up against
To touch another person with one's body in a sexually stimulating manner.
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rub up against
Of pets. To touch a person's body in a friendly manner, seeking attention.
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go against the grain
To defy convention; to do something in a manner that is unusual or out of the ordinary.
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play one against another
To manipulate two persons into competing against one another in a way that benefits the person carrying out the manipulation.
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beat one's head against a stone wall
To waste effort on a futile project.
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at work
At one's workplace.
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at work
Working, in the process of doing work.
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busy work
Work or activity performed with the intention or result of occupying time, and not necessarily to accomplish something productive; routine work of low priority undertaken for the sake of avoiding idleness.
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donkey work
Hard, boring, routine work.
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grunt work
That is considered undesirable and therefore delegated to underlings.
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work at
To make a physical or mental effort to progress some specified task.
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work out
To calculate.
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work out
To make sense of.
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work out
To extract gradually.
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work out
To conclude with the correct solution.
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work out
To succeed.
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work out
To habitually exercise rigorously, especially by lifting weights, in order to increase strength or muscle mass or maintain fitness.
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work out
To do exercises, especially physical.
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work over
To improve a prototype, or first draft.
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work over
To physically attack someone to cause them injury.
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work spouse
A man or woman in the workplace with whom one shares a special relationship having bonds similar to those of a marriage: special confidences, loyalties, shared jokes and experiences, and unusual degree of honesty or openness.
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work like a charm
works great - exactly as expected
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go to work
Beat up, batter.
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go to work
To begin performing some task or work.
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go to work
To go to one's job, as by commuting.
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out of work
Unemployed, or having nothing to do.
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piece of work
A product or manufactured article, especially an item of art or craft.
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set to work
To begin working at.
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set to work
To begin working.
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