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WORK-IN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does work-in mean?
• WORK-IN (noun)
The noun WORK-IN has 1 sense:
1. occasion when workers continue to work as a protest against e.g. proposed dismissal or closure of the factory
Familiarity information: WORK-IN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Occasion when workers continue to work as a protest against e.g. proposed dismissal or closure of the factory
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("work-in" is a kind of...):
demonstration; manifestation (a public display of group feelings (usually of a political nature))
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