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work overtime
verb as in burn the midnight oil
Example Sentences
Two weeks before he killed himself, he was fired for refusing to work overtime when the morning man called in sick.
The station also reported that the Mexican workers maintained they were asked to work overtime without being compensated.
Why should the printers have to work overtime because my letters are ill-formed and my words run into each other?
They insisted upon eight hours a day, and two gangs of men when required to work overtime.
Women can work overtime not more than 60 days a year; they are then paid at least 25 per cent extra.
It will be noticed that imprisonment is to be inflicted upon employers who allow their men to work overtime.
Stop now, and have lunch, for we must work overtime to-night so that we may finish a lot of toys to be taken down to Earth.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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