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get/set to work
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(Definition of get/set to 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
- run yourself into the ground idiom
- rush job noun
- short-handed adjective
- short-staffed adjective
- take sth in phrasal verb (WORK)
- workplace noun
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