work to rule
See also: work-to-rule
English
Alternative forms
- work to rules, work-to-rule
Verb
work to rule (third-person singular simple present works to rule, present participle working to rule, simple past and past participle worked to rule)
- (idiomatic) To work slowly by strictly following all work rules, usually in a work-to-rule job action, as part of unionized labor protest.
Noun
work to rule (plural work to rules)
- Alternative spelling of work-to-rule
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