work overtime
idiom
: to spend time working at one's job in addition to one's normal working hours
—often used figuratively
Her imagination was working overtime.
He's been working overtime around the house to please his wife.
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And with the team operating under the suffocating grip of new CBA, every dollar must work overtime.
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Brian Sampson, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
Other costs that are harder to pin down include pay for seasonal legislative staff who will work overtime.
—Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 15 May 2025
The Demons had to work overtime to finally put away the upstart Red-Tail Hawks.
—Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 31 May 2025
Small wonder that intelligence services had to work overtime gathering every scrap of information or even gossip to learn even the basics about another country's simple economic statistics – much less its secrets.
—David Szondy
may 31, New Atlas, 31 May 2025
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Brian Sampson, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
Other costs that are harder to pin down include pay for seasonal legislative staff who will work overtime.
—Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 15 May 2025
The Demons had to work overtime to finally put away the upstart Red-Tail Hawks.
—Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 31 May 2025
Small wonder that intelligence services had to work overtime gathering every scrap of information or even gossip to learn even the basics about another country's simple economic statistics – much less its secrets.
—David Szondy
may 31, New Atlas, 31 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for work overtime
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“Work overtime.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/work%20overtime. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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