Meaning of at work | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see at, work. At one's workplace.
2. Working, in the process of doing work.
3. At play, in action.
   figuratively

Equivalents

Examples

“He's not home at the moment: he's at work⟳.”

“They've got a new photocopier at work⟳.”

“Remember⟳ to call⟳ Marsha at work⟳.”

“Don't interrupt⟳ me while I'm at work⟳ on my housing project.”

“In the United States, where the railways are 90 per cent. dieselised today, diesel-electric power is the unvarying rule⟳ for independent locomotive units, and the only motive power exceptions are the highly successful 600-h.p. diesel-hydraulic railcars of the Budd "RDC" type⟳, of which between 300 and 400 are now at work⟳.”

“This was billed as the battle between Kane and his Poland opposite number⟳ Lewandowski but this was a game where it was possible to simply enjoy⟳ two masters of their craft at work⟳.”

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