work it

Idioms  

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

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Example Sentences

The work of existence is to discover “where in one’s life resistance works, and what, when it does work, it works in the service of.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

And for the farmworker women who are leading this work, it feels more urgent than ever that they continue leading.

From Salon • Mar. 22, 2026

While this approach can work, it is expensive, time consuming, and can add to the physical burden patients already face.

From Science Daily • Mar. 7, 2026

After months of work, it was the first time he and one of his fellow researchers had seen their idea come to life.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

Often during lectures he would get so lost in his own equations that he would give up halfway through and tell the students to work it out for themselves.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson