WORK

(ARRANGE) [verb] [T] [informal] - to arrange for (something to happen), esp. by not using official methods and/or by being cleverI don't know how she worked it but she retired at fifty on a full salary.Can we work things (out) so that there's always someone here to answer the telephone during office hours?Would it be possible to work in a meeting for all those concerned some time later this week?(slightly informal) If you work on someone you try to persuade or influence them.I'm working on my father to get him to take me to the airport.