Complete and Work on

Complete

Complete verb - To bring (something) to a state where nothing remains to be done.

Work on is an antonym for complete.

Work on

Work on verb - To exert effort in order to do, make, or perform something.

Complete is an antonym for work on in make an effort topic.

Both terms in one sentence

  • Film / The Sweatbox Animator Andreas Deja was likewise unhappy about the complete overhaul in Ymza's personality, so he left the project and moved to the Disney Florida studio to work on Lilo & Stitch instead.
  • Overprotective Dad When he walks in on them being... intimate, his only reaction is "now my day is complete" and then turns to work on the issue of the week.
  • Western Animation / The Thief and the Cobbler Despite the complete stylization which was original for the time he began work on it, Williams painfully crafted it cel-by-cel at a high frame-rate.
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