Hurts
Works
Works noun - Performance of moral or religious acts.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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In New Girl, Schmidt makes a deadfall trap to catch squirrels, but accidentally triggers it showing the others how it works and hurts his back.
Source: Box-and-Stick Trap -
On Malcolm in the Middle, Hal hurts his tooth while eating some snacks during a poker game, and one of his friends who works as a dentist treats it.
Source: The Tooth Hurts -
He does it twice, once when he's a kid and again a few decades later; it works because Eddie believes it will hurt It, and what really hurts It is belief.
Source: Did You Just Flip Off Cthulhu?
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Works and Hurts. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 28, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/hurts/works
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