work on

Verb

Meaning

shape, form, or improve a material

to exert effort in order to do, make, or perform something

Source: WordNet

process work better carry out develop improve operate advance progress perfect accomplish refine do press on build up

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reduce decline drop decrease weaken diminish

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tool till rack overwork belabor rework

Work on purifying your thoughts. If you have no bad thoughts, there will be no bad deeds. Confucius

If man doesn't start to work on himself, then the devil will ﬁnd another job for him - to seek for flaws in others. Paisios of Mount Athos

Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair. Edmund Burke

It takes sweat to work on things, but it only takes saliva to criticize things. Taiwanese Proverb

We work on the surface, the depths are a mystery. Bahaya Proverb

Think of ease, but work on. English Proverb