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Meanings of work overtime in English

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Usage of work overtime in English
1
Increase Your Income: Can you work overtime or get a part-time job?
Ebony
2
At least the company pays your cab fare when you work overtime.
After dark
3
The body is cooled rapidly, and its defense has to work overtime.
The Guardian
4
Union-represented production line workers generally work overtime and are eligible for performance bonuses.
Reuters
5
In Greece we work overtime when we have to, he said.
Reuters
6
And keeping it that way is making my brain's denial gland work overtime.
John Dies at the End
7
The clergy had to work overtime to instil these views into their flocks.
Lid Off the Cauldron
8
The other had also been rostered to work overtime because of that shortage.
News.com.au
9
They'll have to work overtime to catch up with the Japanese.
Wired
10
They will make longer visits than usual and the phonograph will work overtime.
In Apple-Blossom Time: A Fairy-Tale to Date
11
And having seen you, my conscience is beginning to work overtime.
The Angel of Terror
12
The announcer had to work overtime to loosen those British stiff upper lips.
Reuters
13
The rights of workers have to include the right to work overtime, she said.
The Irish Times
14
If I have free time, I always try to use it to work overtime.
The Menstruating Mall
15
The machinist, in her mid-30s, said she has no choice but to work overtime.
The Guardian
16
They were forced to work overtime-on demand and without pay.
Ebony
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Work overtime across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common