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Antonyms for work through
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : wurk |
| Phonetic Transcription : wɜrk |
Definition of work through
Origin :- Old English weorc, worc "something done, deed, action, proceeding, business, military fortification," from Proto-Germanic *werkan (cf. Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Dutch werk, Old Norse verk, Middle Dutch warc, Old High German werah, German Werk, Gothic gawaurki), from PIE root *werg- "to work" (see urge (v.)).
- Work is less boring than amusing oneself. [Baudelaire, "Mon Coeur mis a nu," 1862]
- In Old English, the noun also had the sense of "fornication." Workhouse in the sense of "place where the poor or petty criminals are lodged" first appeared 1650s. Works "industrial place" (usually with qualifying adj.) is attested from 1580s. Work ethic recorded from 1959.
- As in resolve : verb make up one's mind; find solution
- As in wade : verb plod, often through water
- As in answer : verb solve; fulfill
- He must have an open slit somewhere to work through, just as we have.
- Extract from : « Spacehounds of IPC » by Edward Elmer Smith
- We shall only just work through our program by half past four.
- Extract from : « The Jolliest School of All » by Angela Brazil
- He saw that if he would serve the people he must work through them.
- Extract from : « The Root of Evil » by Thomas Dixon
- Eyebright's mind had been at work through this long sentence.
- Extract from : « Eyebright » by Susan Coolidge
- A junior was wanted to help with some work through the Easter holidays.
- Extract from : « A Sheaf of Corn » by Mary E. Mann
- They were going to work through the night, but did they actually hope for success.
- Extract from : « Bolden's Pets » by F. L. Wallace
- So it is better to work through a lawyer—and lose your case.
- Extract from : « Mark Twain's Speeches » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
- The child nodded her head, and looked her work through again.
- Extract from : « Uarda, Complete » by Georg Ebers
- My intention was first to work through the cloth-box, and discover what was behind it.
- Extract from : « The Boy Tar » by Mayne Reid
- In working for the reduction of this evil we must work through and by motherhood.
- Extract from : « Parenthood and Race Culture » by Caleb Williams Saleeby
Synonyms for work through
- agree
- analyze
- anatomize
- answer
- attack
- attempt
- bathe
- break
- break down
- choose
- clarify
- clear up
- clinch
- conclude
- conform
- correlate
- correspond
- crack
- deal with
- decide
- decipher
- decree
- design
- determine
- dissect
- dissolve
- do
- dope
- dope out
- drudge
- elect
- elucidate
- fall to
- fathom
- figure
- fill
- fit
- fix
- ford
- get feet wet
- get stuck in
- go for
- initiate
- intend
- iron out
- jump in
- labor
- launch
- lick
- light into
- make a point of
- measure up
- meet
- paddle
- pan out
- pass
- pass upon
- pitch in
- propose
- purpose
- puzzle out
- qualify
- remain firm
- rule
- satisfy
- serve
- set about
- set to
- settle
- solve
- splash
- start
- stumble
- suffice
- suit
- tackle
- take a stand
- tear into
- toil
- trek
- undertake
- unfold
- unravel
- untangle
- unzip
- walk
- will
- work
- work out
- work through
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