| 词汇 | set somebody to work |
| 释义 | (redirected from set somebody to work)put (one) to workTo give one a particular task to do. We're here to help, so just put us to work wherever you need us. Whenever I come home for a visit, my mom wastes no time putting me to work—last time, I had to vacuum the whole house! set someone or something to workto start someone or something working; to cause someone or something to begin functioning. The captain set everyone to work repairing the tears in the fabric of the sails. We will set the machines to work at the regular time. set to work (on someone or something)to begin working on someone or something. We have finished questioning Tom, so we will set to work on Fred. We set to work on dinner at noon. put/set somebody to ˈwork (on something)make somebody start work (doing something): On his first day in the office they put him to work on some typing. |
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