Definition of work overtime
- Her imagination was working overtime.
- He's been working overtime around the house to please his wife.
: to perform work or fulfill duties regularly for wages or salary
: to perform or carry through a task requiring sustained effort or continuous repeated operations
: to exert oneself physically or mentally especially in sustained effort for a purpose or under compulsion or necessity
: activity in which one exerts strength or faculties to do or perform something:
: activity that a person engages in regularly to earn a livelihood
: a specific task, duty, function, or assignment often being a part or phase of some larger activity
: suitable or styled for wear while working
: used for work
: involving or engaged in work
: time in excess of a set limit: such as
: working time in excess of a standard day or week
: an extra period of play in a contest
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