come out
(STOP WORK) UK — phrasal verb with come /kʌm/ verb (came, come)Definition
› If workers come out, they stop working because of a disagreement: The postal workers have come out in support of their pay claim.Industrial action
(Definition of come out (STOP WORK) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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come out phrasal verb (GIVE OPINION)
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come out phrasal verb (OPEN)
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come out phrasal verb (PHOTO)
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come out phrasal verb (RESULT)
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come out phrasal verb (SOCIAL EVENT)
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come out with sth phrasal verb
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come over phrasal verb (FEEL)
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come over phrasal verb (MOVE)
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come over phrasal verb (SEEM)
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come over sb phrasal verb
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Synonyms and related words:
- blackleg noun
- cooling-off period noun
- demarcation dispute noun
- direct action noun
- down tools idiom
- job action noun
- lightning strike noun
- lock sb out phrasal verb (STOP WORKING)
- picket line noun
- picket noun
- strike noun (STOP WORK)
- strike pay noun
- strike verb (STOP WORK)
- strikebound adjective
- strikebreaker noun
- striker noun (STOP WORK)
- sympathy noun (SUPPORT)
- walk out phrasal verb (STOP WORK)
- walkout noun
- wildcat strike noun
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