work in

verb

1. to insert or become inserted

   she worked the patch in carefully

2. tr to find space for

   I'll work this job in during the day

noun

1. a form of industrial action in which a factory that is to be closed down is occupied and run by its workers

Example Sentences

“Rather than the finalized models, we display the experimental work-in-progress ones,” Migarou says.

From The Daily Beast

On the first night of previews, a work-in-progress feel is to be expected.

From The Daily Beast

This is a work-in-progress; it didn't come out just as I wanted.

From The Daily Beast

It won 2008's  J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Award and the Ernesta Drinker Ballard Book Prize.

From The Daily Beast

I might have had his place, but somehow or other I prefer to work in-doors and rest nights.

From Project Gutenberg

But a little time each day is needed, never over half an hour of actual work in-doors and an hour out-of-doors.

From Project Gutenberg

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