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WORK TO RULE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does work to rule mean? 

WORK TO RULE (noun)
  The noun WORK TO RULE has 1 sense:

1. a job action in which workers cause a slowdown by doing only the minimum amount required by the rules of the workplaceplay

  Familiarity information: WORK TO RULE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WORK TO RULE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A job action in which workers cause a slowdown by doing only the minimum amount required by the rules of the workplace

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("work to rule" is a kind of...):

job action (a temporary action by workers to protest management decision or to make demands)


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