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   overwork

   /ˌəʊvəˈwəːk/

   verb

   • 1. cause (someone) to work beyond their capacity or strength: "employers should be aware that overworking their employees comes at a cost" Similar exploitdrive (too hard)drive into the groundtaxovertaxsweatoverburdenput uponimpose onoppressbe a slave driverbe a hard taskmaster
   • ▪ work too hard: "the doctor advised a complete rest because he had been overworking" Similar work too hardwork like a Trojan/horse/slavework/run oneself into the groundwear oneself to a shadowwork one's fingers to the bonedrive oneself into the groundsweatsweat bloodwork day and nightburn the candle at both endsburn the midnight oilovertax oneselfovertax one's strengthkill oneselfburn oneself outdo too muchoverdo itstrain oneselfoverburden oneselfoverload oneselfdrive/push oneself too hardinformal:knock oneself outwork one's tail offvulgar slang:work/sweat one's balls offOpposite be idle
   • 2. make excessive use of: "we aren't building new refineries so we have overworked our old ones"
   • ▪ use (a word, phrase, or idea) so often that it loses its effect: "we all overworked the phrase ‘gets it’ during the last administration"

   noun

   • 1. excessive work: "his health broke down under the strain of overwork"

   Scrabble Points: 18

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