go to work

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go to work

verb goes to work · going to work · went to work · gone to work

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, to, work. (This sense is a translation hub.) I used to go to school in Bristol in the morning, and then I'd go to work in my hometown in the afternoon.
To begin performing some task or work.
To go to one's job, as by commuting.
idiomatic To beat up, to batter. I saw Bruno go to work on Big Timmy; when he was through he didn't have much of a face left.
idiomatic To go to town.

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verb go to work

한국어	출근하다 chulgeunhada, 쌍발하다 ssangbalhada
日本語	出勤する shukkin suru
中文	上班 shàngbān, 出勤 chūqín
हिन्दी	काम पर जाना kām par jānā, दफ़्तर जाना daftar jānā
Русский	идти́ на рабо́ту idtí na rabótu
Tiếng Việt	đi làm

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@misc{go_to_work_2026,
  title = {go to work},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/go%20to%20work},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}