work it/things

idiom

informal

: to arrange one's activities in a particular way so that it is possible for something to happen or be done

I'll try to work things so that I can come to your party.

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Pick it up in red to match our supermodel inspiration, or grab it in go-to neutral colors like black and camel to work it into your everyday rotation. —

Clara McMahon, People.com, 28 Dec. 2024 There is a wide range of them that are with still within that liberal democratic scope, that want to work things out and have different ideas and different ways of doing it, that are not outside of the spectrum of normal politics. —

Hazlitt, 25 Dec. 2024 For a quick, glow-boosting scrub, pour some of your go-to body wash onto the scarf, work it into a lather, and wash by wrapping the scarf around your limbs and moving it back and forth. —

Jenny Berg, Allure, 23 Dec. 2024 If Naylor to the Bronx is best for business, Cole and Naylor would simply need to work things out. —

Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for work it/things

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