English Explanatory Dictionary

work-to-rule

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A labor protest in which employees do only the minimum work required by the rules of a workplace, following safety or other regulations to the letter in order to cause a slowdown.
adj
  1. Of or pertaining to such a protest.

Word forms

work-to-rule work-to-rules work to rule

Etymology

Deverbal from work to rule.

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