WORK TO RULE

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does work to rule mean? 

• WORK TO RULE (noun)
  The noun WORK TO RULE has 1 sense:

1. a job action in which workers cause a slowdown by doing only the minimum amount required by the rules of the workplace

  Familiarity information: WORK TO RULE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WORK TO RULE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A job action in which workers cause a slowdown by doing only the minimum amount required by the rules of the workplace

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("work to rule" is a kind of...):

job action (a temporary action by workers to protest management decision or to make demands)