Please and Work on

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Please verb - To give satisfaction to.

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Work on is an antonym for please.

Nearby Word: pleased

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

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Please is an antonym for work on in topics: bother, demand, pressure, persuade, nag.

Several JonTron fans kept constantly whining about a lack of new videos, so Jon decided he should please them by leaving Game Grumps to go work on his own videos.

Source: Be Careful What You Wish For
All Women Are Lustful: "She's Nineteen Years Old" Nothing I can do to please her, to keep her satisfied Subverted with "I Got My Mojo Working", where the mojo "just don't work on you, baby".

Source: Music / The Anthology (1947-1972)
Please Wake Up: Xander continues to work on Buffy, telling her to breathe.

Source: Recap / Buffy the Vampire Slayer S1E12 "Prophecy Girl"

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Work on and Please. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/please/work_on

Please & Work on. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/please/work_on>.

Work on or Please. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/please/work_on.

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