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at work

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at work 
1. at one's place of work. I'm sorry to call you at work, but this is important. She's at work now. She'll be home at supper time.
2. working [at something]; busy [with something]. (See also at play.) Tom is presently at work on his project. He'll be finished in a half hour. Don't disturb me when I'm busy at work.
See also: work


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These were the ambitious youths of the race, at work with an earnestness that put to shame the conventional student life of most educational institutions.
With a wet towel bound about his aching brow, he had been at work all day.
Well, miss,' says she, 'and what are you at work upon?
 
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