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I've got work to do

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I've got work to do. 
1. Lit. I'm too busy to stay here any longer. Jane: Time to go. I've got work to do. John: Me too. See you. Bob: I have to leave now. Bill: So soon? Bob: Yes, I've got work to do.
2. Fig. Do not bother me. I'm busy. Bill: Can I ask you a question? Jane: Not right now. I've got work to do. Mary: There are some things we have to get straightened out on this Wilson contract. John: I've got work to do. It will have to wait.
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I've got work to do, children to raise, a husband to please and a world to save.
In one programme, David Frost told viewers that Reginald Maudling, the chancellor of the exchequer, had ended a brief interview with a group of unemployed people with the words: "Well, I've got work to do, even if you haven't.
I've got work to do," he said, referring to his duties as governor.
 
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