work at

Meaning

1. Editorial85% of films

   to have a job or be employed at a place or organization

2. Oxford10% of films

   to make great efforts to achieve sth or do sth well

   We're gonna have to work at this every day...

3. Editorial5% of films

   to do one's work or a task in a particular place

In the movies · 7

• I worked at this hospital before you had zits.Hillbilly Elegy2020
• We're gonna have to work at this every day...The Notebook2004
• So we worked at it on the days we calculated most likely to be fruitful.Raising Arizona1987
• I work at the LCC.Living2022
• I work at E!Knocked Up2007
• You work at a car wash. You work at a nightclub.Boogie Nights1997
• I work at Nathan's company.Ex Machina2014
• I work at Craft Home Improvement.Fractured2019

From the same entry

• work it
• work around to
• work in
• work off
• work on
• work on
• work out
• work out
• work out
• work out
• work over
• work to