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[Noun] | "the works"

1: the moving parts of a machine —sometimes used figuratively

2: everything that there is to have or do : everything that is available

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[Noun] | "work"

1: activity in which one exerts strength or faculties to do or perform something:

2: activity that a person engages in regularly to earn a livelihood

3: a specific task, duty, function, or assignment often being a part or phase of some larger activity

Origin: before 12th century ;

Middle English werk, work, from Old English werc, weorc; akin to Old High German werc work, Greek ergon, Avestan varəzem activity;

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[Idiom] | "gum up the works"

1: to prevent something from working or flowing properly

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[Idiom] | "put/throw a spanner in the works"

1: to cause something to not go as planned

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[Idiom] | "throw a wrench into the works"

1: to damage or change (something) in a way that ruins it or prevents it from working properly

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[Verb] | "shoot" | \ ˈshüt \

1: to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger)

2: to drive forth or cause to be driven forth by an explosion (as of a powder charge in a firearm or of ignited fuel in a rocket)

3: to drive forth or cause to be driven forth by a sudden release of gas or air

Origin: before 12th century ;

Middle English sheten, shoten, shuten, from Old English scēotan; akin to Old Norse skjōta to shoot;

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[Verb] | "shoot"

1: to cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with force;

* e.g., " ... BB guns shoot small round metal pellets "

Antonyms :
crawl,
creep,
poke

2: to cause a weapon to release a missile with great force;

* e.g., " ... soldiers train extensively to learn to shoot accurately and quickly "

Synonyms :
blast,
discharge,
fire

Antonyms :
accept,
receive

3: to strike with a missile from a gun;

* e.g., " ... hunters can shoot deer only during the legally specified open season "

Synonyms :
drill,
gun,
plug,
pop

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[Verb] | "shoot (up)"

1: to rise abruptly and rapidly;

* e.g., " ... gas prices shot up seemingly overnight "

Synonyms :
rocket,
skyrocket,
soar,
zoom

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[Noun] | "work"

1: a literary, musical, or artistic production;

* e.g., " ... unfortunately, many of her works are now out of print "

Synonyms :
composition,
number,
opus,
piece

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2: something produced by physical or intellectual effort;

* e.g., " ... the new Web application is the work of a pair of young but highly gifted programmers "

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3: the action for which a person or thing is specially fitted or used or for which a thing exists;

* e.g., " ... the work of a movie director is to tell a story through a series of striking images "

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[Noun] | "works"

1: a building or set of buildings for the manufacturing of goods;

* e.g., " ... a glass works where high quality glassware is made "

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