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Phrase(s): work with someone or something
to manipulate or work on someone or something. • Let me work with him for a while. I’ll convince him. • I want to work with this engine and see if I can get it started., Phrase(s): work with something
to do work with some tool or instrument. • She is working with a chisel now. In a minute she will switch to a tiny knife. • Do you know how to work with a voltmeter?
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs