go to work
1. To go to one's place of employment for a day or shift of work. I'm afraid Sally's already gone to work—can I take a message? My husband is off for the holiday, but I have to go to work. You can't go to work today—you're still running a fever!
2. To begin to do something to someone or something. I watched as the seamstress went to work hemming my dress. Mom went to work cleaning and bandaging my scraped knee. It doesn't matter how the window broke—all I can do now is go to work fixing it.
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go to work (on someone or something)
to begin working on someone or something. The masons went to work on repairing the wall. The surgeons went to work on the patient. Come on! Let's go to work!
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go/set to ˈwork (on something)
(also get (down) to ˈwork (on something)) start working on a particular task: I set to work on the car, giving it a good clean. ♢ I ought to get to work on that report.Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017