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work oneself to the bone en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of work one's fingers to the bone.
    • The men who do not take the trouble to conceal from you their opinion that you are an incompetent ass, and the women who blacken your character and misunderstand your wife's amusements, will work themselves to the bone in your behalf if you fall sick or into serious trouble. 1888, Rudyard Kipling, “The Phantom Rickshaw”, in The Phantom 'Rickshaw and Other Tales, Allahabad: A.H. Wheeler and Co., page 7:

Forms

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worked oneself to the bone Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
worked oneself to the bone Tense=Past lexicographic
working oneself to the bone Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
works oneself to the bone Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic