work in

verb, noun — 4 senses

work in

verbalso spelled work-in

1

To find time or space for, amid other things.

It'll be a tight schedule, but we can work you in.

2

To work out using a machine in between the sets of someone who is already using that machine.

Is it okay if I work in while you rest?

3

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see work, in.

Next, you have to work the eggs in the batter.
He works in cybersecurity.

work-in

noun

1

A form of direct action where workers whose jobs are under threat remain in their place of employment and continue working without pay.

The yard was […] one of the main focal points of the UCS work-in, and the power base of its main spokesman Jimmy Reid, though he was a Govanite, not a Bankie.2024, Ian R. Mitchell, Walking Through Glasgow's Industrial Past:

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