verb phrase · neutral
work overtime
UK/wɜːk ˈəʊvətaɪm/US/wɜːrk ˈoʊvərtaɪm/work O·ver·time
Band 4-5speakingtask2
to work more hours than your normal working schedule
Examples
“We had to work overtime to finish the project on schedule.”
“Employees are sometimes paid extra when they work overtime.”
“I try not to work overtime on weekends so I can rest.”
Band 8 sentence
“Because the deadline was moved forward, the whole team had to work overtime for two weeks to meet the client's demands.”
Collocations
- work overtime
- do overtime
- put in overtime
Word family
overtime noun/adverbovertime pay noun
Common mistakes
make overtime→work overtime
work over time→work overtime
Say it for a higher band
5do extra hours→6work extra hours→7+work overtime
Synonyms
do extra hours
Easily confused
overtime pay
“He received overtime pay after he worked extra hours last month.”
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