put in the work (English, verb)
expansion: put in the work (third-person singular simple present puts in the work, present participle putting in the work, simple past and past participle put in the work)
Senses:
glosses: To apply the necessary amount of effort and labor to accomplish something.
tags: informal
glosses: To perform oral sex on, especially a male on a female.
tags: slang
vulgar
Forms:
form: puts in the work
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: putting in the work
tags: participle
present
form: put in the work
tags: participle
past
form: put in the work
tags: past
form: put in that work
tags: alternative