be in work/out of work
Definition
› to have a job, or not to have a job: He was always in work, right from the day he left school. My father was out of work at the time, so we struggled, obviously. an out-of-work actor/managerWork, working and the workplaceWorking hours and periods of work
(Definition of be in work/out of work from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a long way to go idiom
- act as sth phrasal verb
- all work and no play (makes Jack a dull boy) idiom
- assignment noun
- be at work idiom
- graft noun (WORK)
- graft verb (WORK)
- handiwork noun
- hold down a job idiom
- hot-desk verb
- hot-desking noun
- hotelling noun
- practising adjective (WORK)
- run around after sb phrasal verb
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- rush job noun
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- short-staffed adjective
- take sth in phrasal verb (WORK)
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