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What is another word for overworking?

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Present participle for to oppressively cause someone or something to do too much work

Present participle for to work (oneself) overly hard

Present participle for to drive or work to exhaustion

Present participle for to express or describe in exaggerated terms

Present participle for to apply great and continuous effort towards work, a task, or a goal

Present participle for to damage, erode, or destroy by friction or use

Present participle for to work hard and for long hours, especially till late at night or the early hours of the morning

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Present participle for to oppressively cause someone or something to do too much work

driving into the ground

imposing excessive strain on

making heavy demands on

exerting to the limit

knocking oneself out

working too hard

pushing to the limit

working oneself into the ground

running yourself into the ground

making too many demands on

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“In Jerry's opinion, the government has to put up disciplinary measures against employers who abuse and overwork their staff.”

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Present participle for to work (oneself) overly hard

overstraining

overextending

overloading

laboring^US

labouring^UK

overburdening oneself

working like a Trojan

burning the midnight oil

working day and night

driving oneself too hard

knocking oneself out

pushing oneself too hard

running yourself into the ground

burning the candle at both ends

overdoing it

wearing oneself to a shadow

working oneself into the ground

biting off more than you can chew

driving oneself into the ground

overstraining yourself

working your fingers to the bone

working one's tail off

practicing presenteeism

overexerting yourself

overextending oneself

taking on too much

biting off more than one can chew

overburdening

having too many balls in the air

having too many irons in the fire

driving oneself

working yourself to death

slaving

overdoing

keeping your nose to the grindstone

staying on the treadmill

spreading oneself too thin

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“We tend to overwork as a means of self-escape, as a way of trying to justify our existence.”

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Present participle for to drive or work to exhaustion

running into the ground

tiring yourself out

wearing oneself to a shadow

wiping out

wearing oneself to a frazzle

paralysing^UK

paralyzing^US

sapping your strength

putting out of action

sapping the strength of

getting the better of

removing the sting from

reducing the powers of

confining to a wheelchair

shrivelling^UK

shriveling^US

bringing someone to their knees

bringing low

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“My mother was always afraid I would overwork myself with everything on my plate, but I never did.”

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Present participle for to express or describe in exaggerated terms

dramatising^UK

dramatizing^US

amplifying

inflating

overdrawing

coloring^US

colouring^UK

belabouring^UK

belaboring^US

blowing up out of all proportion

laying it on with a trowel

making a big thing of

piling on

making a mountain out of a molehill

putting on

hams up

making a production out of

laying it on

making a big thing about

going overboard with

making a production of

making federal case

going overboard

talking big

making a big deal out of something

labouring^UK

laboring^US

maximizing^US

maximising^UK

blowing out of proportion

making too much of something

emphasizing^US

emphasising^UK

making a federal case of

elaborating on

stretching the truth

making a big thing out of

boosting

piling it on

blowing something out of all proportion

placing too much emphasis on

attaching too much importance to

going to extremes

attaching too much weight to

laying it on with a shovel

laying too much emphasis on

making a mountain out of

giving someone a sob story

enlarging on

jazzing up

exaggerating information

laying too much stress on

going on and on about

going over the top about

paying extravagant compliments

laying on with a trowel

embellishing the truth

sweet-talking

soft-soaping

overdoing it

giving fulsome praise

cooking

misinterpreting

playing to gallery

playing to the gallery

playing on heartstrings

giving color to

making a performance of

overexposing

quoting out of context

putting a spin on

giving a false account of

glossing over

taking out of context

laying it on thick about

bigging up

making a drama out of a crisis

laying it on with a trowel about

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Present participle for to apply great and continuous effort towards work, a task, or a goal

laboring^US

labouring^UK

endeavoring^US

ploughing^UK

plowing^US

bending over backwards

sweating blood

doing all one can

working like a Trojan

leaning over backwards

pulling out all the stops

falling over backwards

working your fingers to the bone

putting one's back into something

dragging oneself

working oneself to the bone

burning the candle at both ends

giving it your best shot

moving heaven and earth

keeping your nose to the grindstone

working day and night

making an all-out effort

making a great effort

keeping your head down

getting your head down

jumping through hoops

working one's butt off

using some elbow grease

leaving no stone unturned

putting one's back into it

working your guts out

rolling up one's sleeves

making a supreme effort

getting your act together

busting chops

driving oneself

pulling up one's socks

striving to

giving it all one has

shooting for

going hammer and tongs

working hard to

having a bash

working one's socks off

having one's nose to grindstone

working one's tail off

devoting

working fingers to bone

keeping nose to grindstone

proceeding laboriously

dedicating

going all-out for

sticking with it

putting up a fight against

going the whole nine yards

going all-out

keeping at

addressing

driving oneself to the limit

pushing oneself to the limit

straining every nerve

going for the jugular

going the limit

directing your efforts towards

attending to

applying your mind

putting effort into something

plowing away

putting effort

putting your head down

moving with difficulty

pulling out all stops

giving old college try

putting one's back in it

hitting the ball

putting one's shoulder to the wheel

applying to

getting down to nuts and bolts

getting down to the nitty-gritty

getting down to business

getting down to brass tacks

getting to work

bellying up to the bar

making one's way with difficulty

proceeding with difficulty

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Present participle for to damage, erode, or destroy by friction or use

Verb

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Present participle for to work hard and for long hours, especially till late at night or the early hours of the morning

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