on the job

See also: on-the-job

English

Pronunciation

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Prepositional phrase

on the job

  1. working; busy; at work.
    Near-synonyms: on the clock; on the case, on it
    • April 14 2022, Delia Cai, “Severance, the New York Times’s Twitter Guidelines, and the Forever Illusion of Work-Life Balance”, in Vanity Fair‎[1]:
      Unlike your typical office drama, wherein characters’ lives intersect entertainingly both inside and outside work, the premise of Severance rests in the twisted implications of total compartmentalization: What if you could separate out your work memories (and thereby your work self), thereby forming a totally distinct identity while on the job?
    • 2025 October 21, Rose George, “‘I knew in my head we were dying’: the last voyage of the Scandies Rose”, in The Guardian‎[2]:
      In the United States, if you want to die on the job, you should become a logger or a commercial fisher. These two jobs occupy the top two spots on the highest risk careers.
  2. (slang) Having sex.
  3. (police jargon) Being a police officer, as contrasted with a civilian.
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