return to work
return to work — idiom
1. to go back to your job after a period of absence, such as parental leave, illnes
to go back to your job after a period of absence, such as parental leave, illness, or a strike.
After six months of maternity leave, Lin returned to work at the bank last Monday.
return to work after parental leave
The schoolteacher returned to work only after her doctor confirmed the knee injury had healed.
Union members voted overwhelmingly to return to work after the company agreed to a pay rise.
After six months of chemotherapy, Hiroshi was finally well enough to return to work as a delivery driver.
- go back to work
more informal and common in everyday speech
- resume work
more formal, used in official announcements and business writing
- get back to work
informal; can also function as an instruction to stop wasting time
- leave work
stop working for the day or permanently
- go on strike
refuse to work as a form of protest
用法筆記
Typically used when the absence from work has been planned or involuntary. Not used for the daily end of a work shift — 'go home' or 'leave work' would be more natural there.