English > do work: 1 sense > verb 1, social| Meaning | Be employed. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP |
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| Synonym | work |
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| Caused by | work, put to work | Cause to work |
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| Entailed by | practice, practise, exercise, do | carry out or practice |
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| Narrower | bank | Be in the banking business |
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| drive | Work as a driver |
| farm | Be a farmer |
| fill, take, occupy | assume, as of positions or roles |
| fink, scab, rat, blackleg | Take the place of work of someone on strike |
| freelance | Work independently and on temporary contracts rather than for a long-term employer |
| job | Work occasionally |
| labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moil | Work hard |
| man | take charge of a certain job |
| moonlight | Work a second job, usually after hours |
| serve | Do duty or hold offices |
| serve | Do military service |
| slave, break one's back, buckle down, knuckle down | Work very hard, like a slave |
| subcontract | Work under a subcontract |
| tinker | Work as a tinker or tinkerer |
| turn a trick | Have a customer, of a prostitute |
| Similar to | work, put to work | Cause to work |
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| work | Exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity |
| work | operate in a certain place, area, or specialty |
| Spanish | elaborar, trabajar |
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| Catalan | elaborar, treballar |
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