work atsomething
phrasal verbwithworkverbuk/wɜːk/us/wɝːk/
B2
totryhard toachievesomething:
Mostcoupleswouldagreethat for amarriagetosucceed, bothpartieshave toworkat it.
[+ -ing verb]You need toworkat improvingyourwriting.
- I need toworkat mypianoplaying.
- You'll neverlearnSpanishif you don'tworkat it.
- He'sworkingatcontrollinghistemper.
Trying and making an effort
- A game
- all-out
- assault
- attempt
- attempted
- bid
- commitment
- crack
- go down swinging/fightingidiom
- go for itidiom
- go forsomeone
- go out ofyourwayidiom
- go the extra mileidiom
- nose
- seek
- smarten upyouractidiom
- square the circleidiom
- step on the gasidiom
- stick atsomething
- stick tosomething