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pull long shifts

work 10-12 hours or even longer
work round the clock/burn the midnight oil

cover for smn

to do someone else's job or duty for them when they are absent

fill in for somebody

to do another person’s job for a short period of time because they are not there or are unable to do it.

The supervisor is forbidden by the union contract to ___ ___ ___ an employee who is on a break.

deputise for someone

[frml] to do someone's job or take their place when they cannot do it themselves:

I'm ___ ___ the director during his absence.

He ___ admirably ___ the injured captain.

offload task to smn

to delegate

By ___ tasks ___ others, you free up your own time and energy to focus on the high-level, strategic work.

pour your heart out

to tell someone your secret feelings and things that worry you, usually because you feel a strong need to talk about them.

get something off your chest

to tell someone about something that has been worrying you or making you feel guilty for a long time.

look down on someone

to think that you are better than someone.

condescending

adj.
treating someone as if you are more important or more intelligent than them:

I hate the way he's so ___ to his staff!
His ___ attitude offended his teammates.

patronise

v.
to speak to or behave towards someone as if they are stupid or not important:

Stop ___ me - I understand the play as well as you do.

wear your heart on your sleeve

to make your feelings and emotions obvious rather than hiding them

freeze someone out

to make someone feel that they are not part of a group by being unfriendly towards that person, or to stop someone from being included in an arrangement or activity:

I felt I was being ___ ___ ___ the discussions.

After she raised her concerns, she found that colleagues were ___ her ___.

He believed that organizations like theirs were being ___ ___.

cut someone out

to not allow someone to share something or be included in something:

They ___ me ___ of the conversation.

ostracise

to avoid someone intentionally, or to prevent someone from taking part in the activities of a group:

His colleagues ___ him after he criticised the company in public.

give someone/something the cold shoulder

to intentionally ignore someone or treat someone in an unfriendly way:

She was so upset that she ___ him the ___ ___ for the whole weekend.

I thought she really liked me, but the next day she ___ me the ___ ___.