working overtime
Staying past five
Working overtime means putting in hours beyond the standard workday or workweek, typically for extra pay: She's been working overtime to finish the project.
Figuratively, it describes anything operating at heightened intensity or effort: My imagination was working overtime, The rumor mill is working overtime.
The phrase often implies exhaustion or unsustainable effort.
- late nightsTime after midnight
- exhaustedUtterly depleted of energy
- deadlineTime limit for completion
- crunchCrushing, grinding noise
- all hands on deckEveryone must participate
burnout · hustle · extra hours · long hours · moonlighting · salary · timesheet · grind · nose to the grindstone · swamped · double shift · clocking in · coffee · stress · workaholic · paycheck · office · cubicle
- metaphors for overachievementgoing the extra mile, raising the bar, going above and beyond, overdelivering, overperforming
- self-sacrificehuman shield, selflessness, self-denial, renunciation, forfeit
- burnoutburned out, burnt out, burn out, burning out, burnout
working overtimenine-to-five
Regular office schedule
leaving early · underemployed · on the clock · undertime · punching out
working overtimeslacking off
Neglecting responsibilities deliberately
coasting · phoning it in · going through the motions · taking it easy · shirking
working overtimetaking time off
relaxing · on vacation · at leisure · off the clock · taking it easy
work, works, worked, worker, workers, workable, working, workings, rework