Rest and Work on

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Rest verb - To refrain from labor or exertion.

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Work on is an antonym for rest.

Nearby Words: restless, rested, restive, resting, restful

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

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Rest is an antonym for work on in move or urge on topic.

Eliza gets a zero from a coworker (zoned out on her phone during the meeting anyway) and spends the rest of the episode trying to work on fixing that.

Source: Series / Selfie
Season 3: Gibbs is injured in an explosion, causing amnesia, and the rest of the team is forced to work on an assignment without him.

Source: Season Finale
It opens with him being called into work on his day off, and the rest of the film is a chronicle of Dante's misadventures during the day.

Source: Film / Clerks

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