Leave
Leave verb - To cause to remain behind.
Work on
Work on verb - To exert effort in order to do, make, or perform something.
Both terms in one sentence
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In "No One Comes to Lupusville," when told they don't know if proton packs will work on vampires, Winston wants to leave.
- The Undergrads episode "Work Study" has a subversion of this, as Nitz wants to leave his work on good terms, and Rocko steps in and does this trope for him.
Source: Take This Job and Shove It - The Barghest grows by feeding on the bodies and souls of its victims, which can leave them too damaged for even the most powerful resurrection magic to work on them.
Source: Soul Eating
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Work on and Leave. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/leave/work_on
Leave & Work on. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/leave/work_on>.
Work on or Leave. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/leave/work_on.
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