Work Up

Getting up and going to work in the morning, waking up doesn't happen untill around noon.

"I'm going to bed early tonight, I gotta work up in the morning."

Work Up by Ricktropolis September 10, 2011

Work-up

To toggle with lights while moving through a dark area to stay in light so that monsters, superstitions, supernatural beings, etc. dont attack you.

I had to work-up to get to my room without the monster in the hall catching me!

Work-up by Tetofan🥖🥐🥖🥐 October 13, 2025

work one up 

To prepare a drug for intravenous injection addict use.

Do you want me to work one up for you?

work one up by tragicb August 19, 2007

work me up 

To fuck a girl rough and get nasty w her

Girl: *having medium speed sex* you can work me up if you want

Guy: dafuq aight lil slut

work me up by FreakyFrank_ November 12, 2020

warm-up work 

Refers to comparatively short intervals of labor that you perform in one of two situations:
(1) Where you are dreading an impending "big job" that involves strenuous and/or disgusting labor, and so you perform a less-disagreeable task beforehand to sort of "break yourself in gently" so that the upcoming drudgery won't be such a traumatic shock to your mind and body.
(2) Where a necessary task is tiring, discouraging, boring, aggravating, etc., and so you would much rather play video games or surf the Web, instead of performing said menial torture. So what you do is to "compromise" --- you do indeed go ahead and push the "power" button on your computer or PlayStation, but then you go off and perform some of the disagreeable task while your entertainment-equipment is booting up; you would still have to wait those few minutes before beginning your fun with the equipment, anyway, and so it doesn't feel quite so "yucky" to hammer away at the exhausting ordeal for those same few minutes; it also makes you feel more productive during that period than just numbly twiddling your thumbs while waiting for your equipment to be ready to use.

As a physically/mentally-infirm bachelor living alone, I find that warm-up work is a real life-saver for many necessary tasks that I might otherwise find excessively discouraging or exhausting, such as hanging out clothes on the line or cleaning up around the yard. I also often Swiss-cheese the job --- working a little of the chore, then taking a break to play on the computer for a few, then going back to tackle the cranky task for a little longer, then checking out a few more humorous/cute Facebook posts, and so on.

warm-up work by QuacksO October 30, 2018

Work Your Way Up 

What bosses say to employees to get their hopes up about doing something good in their career when they really never get a promotion or anything.

Employee: When will I become manager?
Boss: Work your way up.

Work Your Way Up by careertyut August 7, 2012

giving up the work

When someone is exposing the sauce/technique/secret/pro-tip/the way you live

Telling the police where the drugs at are at. “Man jack is giving up the work to the police!”

giving up the work by Xstrife September 23, 2023